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«At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.»
«For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond»
«It is almost never when a state of things is the most detestable that it is smashed, but when, beginning to improve, it permits men to breathe, to reflect, to communicate their thoughts with each other, and to gauge by what they already have the extent of their rights and their grievances. The weight, although less heavy, seems then all the more unbearable.»
«Liberty is the right to do what the law permits»
«Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.»
Author: Virgil (Author, Poet) | Keywords: advance, boldly, misfortunes, permits, yield
«Ideally, we should like to define a good book as one which 'permits, invites, or compels' good reading»
«Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.»
Author: John Updike | Keywords: permits, shading, shadings
«It is easy enough to say, 'I do not believe in God.' For God permits all things to be said of Him with impunity. He looks at our acts. And any breach of His Law carries with it not its vindictive, but its purifying, compelling punishment.»
«A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one.»
«He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time till at length it becomes habitual.»

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