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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.

Diliguntur immodice sola quæ non licent; * * * non nutrit ardorem concupiscendi, ubi frui licet.

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Too exact, and rather studious of similitude than of beauty.

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In Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

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