Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end!
— Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν˙ ἀντιπρακτικὸν δὲ τὸ ἀγανακτεῖν καὶ ἀποστρέφεσθαι.
To work against one another therefore is to oppose Nature, and to be vexed with another or to turn away from him is to tend to antagonism.

— Emperor Aurelius, Meditations

Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ ὅτι οἷα ἡ πρόθεσίς ἐστιν ἀδικεῖν, παρ᾿ αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ δικαία ἀπολογία ἰσχύει.
— Aesop

All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in [a system 25 trillion miles away] for 50 of your Earth years, so you've had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it's far too late to start making a fuss about it now. […] I'm sorry, but if you can't be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that's your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.
— The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The need for our movement to make any further changes […], will depend on how well the [censor] sees us as addressing those risks.
— Phil Bradley-Schmieg, Wikipedia is now a VLOP