#lawful

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. ↗

— Quintilian

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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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Men of authority have employed all the destructive agents around them to promote their own personal interests at the sacrifice of every just, honorable, and lawful consideration. ↗

— John White Geary

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Freedom is limited by the need to coexist. ↗

— Toba Beta

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In some respects, inside information is a form of financial steroid. It is unfair: it is offensive; it is unlawful; and it puts a black mark on the entire enterprise. ↗

— Preet Bharara

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The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

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'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record; that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

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If any come to my house to be instructed in the ways of God what rule have I to put them away? Do you think it not lawful for me to teach women and why do you call me to teach the court? ↗

— Anne Hutchinson

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IT may be proper to observe further, that this Duty is not confined to those who live under any one particular Form of Government: It extends to the Subjects of all regular States, lawfully established. ↗

— Charles Inglis

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