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Topic·End justifies the means✕clear
The Renaissance2 quotes
I must be cruel only to be kind. — William Shakespeare · 1616To do a great right, do a little wrong. — William Shakespeare · 1598
Classical antiquity1 quote
For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous. — Publilius Syrus · 43 BC