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The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits.

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In this quote, Leo Tolstoy reflects on the limitations of the law, highlighting how it condemns and punishes only actions within specific boundaries. He suggests that by doing so, the law indirectly justifies similar actions that lie outside these boundaries.
Quote by Leo Tolstoy
Novelist, Russian
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist.
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