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Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying; but impossible desires are punished in the desire itself.

Philip Sidney
Desire, Impossible, Unlawful
Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.17
Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying; but impossible desires are punished in the desire itself.