Te occidere possunt sed te edere non possunt nefas est Phrase
Meaning:
They can kill you, but they cannot eat you, it is against the law.
Comment
The motto of the fictional Enfield Tennis Academy in the David Foster Wallace novel Infinite Jest. Translated in the novel as "They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier".
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