“All laws which can be broken without any injury to another, are counted but a laughing-stock, and are so far from bridling the desires and lusts of men, that on the contrary they stimulate them.” MenLawDesireLaughingBrokenContraryLustInjury Author:Baruch Spinoza
“Laws which can be broken without any wrong to one's neighbor are a laughing-stock; and such laws, instead of restraining the appetites and lusts of mankind, serve rather to heighten them. Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata [we always resist prohibitions, and yearn for what is denied us].” LawLaughingMankindBrokenNeighborLustAppetiteDeniedProhibitionRestraining Author:Baruch Spinoza
“Till men are deeply humbled, they can part with Christ and Salvation for a lust, for a little wordly gain, for that which is less than nothing. But when God hath enlightened their consciences, and broken their hearts, then they would give a world for Christ.” MenWorldGivingHeartLittlesChristBrokenConscienceGainsSalvationLustEnlightened Author:Richard Baxter
“My heart was simultaneously broken and filled with lust, I was exhausted, and I loved every minute of it. It was strange and elating to find myself for once the weaker.” HeartMinutesStrangeBrokenMy HeartFilledLustExhausted Author:Michael Chabon