The Jesuits

"It is lawful to kill a man who gives you a box on the ear, or a blow with a stick, if you cannot get justice otherwise." -- Lessius "It is lawful to steal, not only in extreme necessity, but also in such necessity as is hard to be endured, though not extreme." -- Lessius. "When a man has received money to do a wicked act, is he obliged to return it? We must distinguish: if he has not done the action for which he was paid, he ought to return it; but if he has done it, he is not obliged to any...