"If society abolishes poetry it commits spiritual suicide."
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"Penalties serve to deter those who are not inclined to commit any crimes."
"One must commit acts of the highest treason only when dressed in the most resplendent finery."
"It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money."
"When a man truly commits, the universe will conspire to assure his success."
"I moreover affirm that our wisdom itself, and wisest consultations, for the most part commit themselves to the conduct of chance."
"Arianna, your performance will actually improve if you can commit to not only working hard, but also unplugging, recharging and renewing yourself."
"It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like."
"When you commit a serious doping offence you are not eligible for lottery funding."
"We think we want to do something and when it comes to it, we don't. We don't like to commit."
"Not to commit faults counts for more than to do good."
"We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong."
"Commit to becoming breathtakingly great in all you do. And that's what you'll become."
"You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing."
"Why repeat the old errors, if there are so many new errors to commit?"
"It was not as easy to commit suicide as to contemplate it."
"Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it?"
"I did not, however, commit suicide, because I wished to know more of mathematics."
"Professionally, I decided to commit a lot of my time to California because there wasn't a whole lot happening for me in New York."
"To be a saint is the exception; to be a just person is the rule. Err, stumble, commit sin, but be one of the just."