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“Citizens who take it upon themselves to do unusual actions which attract the attention of the police should be careful to bring these actions into one of the recognized categories of crimes and offences, for it is intolerable that the police should be put to the pains of inventing reasons for finding them undesirable.”
Source : "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert. Chapter "Is It a Free Country?", 1935.
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“Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with common natures: Use 'em kindly, they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well.”
Source : 'Verses Written on a Window in Scotland'
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“And while one is brought up with luxury and caresses, and is thrown bewildered and despairing into a dark pit, another is lifted from the pit and raised to a throne where a jeweled crown is placed on his head. The world has no shame in doing this; it is prompt to hand out both pleasure and pain and has no need of us an our doings.”
Source : Abolqasem Ferdowsi (2016). “Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings”, p.303, Penguin
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“There is, of course, no joy so great as the cessation of pain; in fact all joy, active or passive, is the cessation of some pain, since it must be the satisfaction of a longing, even perhaps an unconscious longing.”
Source : Ada Leverson (1962). “The little Ottleys: Love's shadow. Tenterhooks. Love at second sight”
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“It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.”
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“Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.”
Source : Aaron Hill (1777). “Alzira: A Tragedy”, p.40
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“the most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.”
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“Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.”
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“My dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?”
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“Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted.”
