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I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not… — Immanuel Kant
Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful… — Thomas a Kempis
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. — Robert E. Lee
It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to… — H. L. Mencken
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform. — William Penn
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. — Quintilian
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider… — John Ruskin
Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective. — Naomi Wolf
I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns Himself with the fate… — Albert Einstein
The social pact, far from destroying natural equality, substitutes, on the contrary, a moral and lawful equality for whatever physical inequality that nature may have… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
You must therefore zealously guard in his mind the curious assumption 'My time is my own'. Let him have the feeling that he starts each… — C.S. Lewis
If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful. — C.S. Lewis
Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lawful good to lawful evil!" said Simon, pleased. "He's quoting Dungeons and Dragons," said Clary. "Ignore him. — Cassandra Clare
The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away. — William Golding
O, she's warm! If this be magic, let it be an art Lawful as eating. — William Shakespeare
In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a sellsword, a little… — George R. R. Martin
A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one. — Guy de Maupassant
Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most loved, despised! Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon: Be it… — William Shakespeare
Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about… — Rudy Giuliani
It is not lawful or proper for you to know everything. — Lucian
Lawful worship consists in obedience alone. — John Calvin
Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and even lawful acts… — Guru Nanak
Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful. So you might as well live. — Dorothy Parker

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