The evil consequences that may lie folded in a single act of selfish indulgence is a thought so awful that it ought surely to awaken some feeling less presumptuous than a rash desire to punish.
The Restoration era has been characterised as one of loose morals, sexual promiscuity, heavy drinking and a generally more flamboyant court culture, all of which contrasted sharply with the dour Puritanism of the 1650s.
And I could not rid myself of it by any legal proceedings: for the doctors now discovered that my wife was mad—her excesses had prematurely developed the germs of insanity.
The paramilitaries assumption of policing duties meant missed Anderson and his friends risk death or disability for standard youthful excesses such as throwing noisy parties.
At the last moment of Emperor Yang of Sui's life, when everyone could see that he was destined to fail, he completely lost self-discipline and behaved very indulgently.