Rule Prohibits

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“When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of man’s soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

“True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)