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Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden (Quote by - Karl Kraus)


That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it. (Quote by - Boris Pasternak)


Sin is not harmful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is harmful. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)


Falling in love is one of the activities forbidden that tiresome person, the consistently reasonable man. (Quote by - Sir Arthur Eddington)


It is forbidden to decry other sects; the true believer gives honour to whatever in them is worthy of honour. (Quote by - Asoka)


Forbidden fruit is sweet. (Quote by - Proverb)


Things forbidden have a secret charm. (Quote by - Tacitus)


We always long for forbidden things, k and desire what is denied us. (Quote by - Francois Rabelais)


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 physics or chemistry. (Quote by - Henry L Mencken)


Vulgarized knowledge characteristically gives birth to a feeling that everything is understandable and explained. It is like a system of bridges built over chasms. One can travel boldly ahead over these bridges, ignoring the chasms. It is forbidden to look down into them; but that, alas, does not alter the fact that they exist. (Quote by - Czeslaw Milosz)


Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden. Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is essential to a Jedi's life. So, you might say that we are encouraged to love. (Quote by - Anakin Skywalker)


While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. (Quote by - Abigail Van Buren)


Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. (Quote by - Bible)


Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. (Quote by - Quintilian)


We need criminals to identify ourselves with, to secretly envy and to stoutly punish. They do for us the forbidden, illegal things we wish to do. (Quote by - Karl Menninger)



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