The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to. - Lois McMaster Bujold

“Have you determined if it is meant to be a weapon at all?” she said.
“We’ve got some very dead people to account for,” Miles pointed out.
“That, alas, does not necessarily require a weapon.” Professor Vorthys said. “Carelessness, stupidity, haste, and ignorance are quite as powerfully destructive forces as homicidal intent.”

The fundamental principle was clear: the spirit was to be preferred over the letter, truth over technicalities. Precedent was held subordinate to the judgment of the man on the spot. Alas, the man on the spot was himself. There was no refuge for him in automated rules, no hiding behind the law says as if the law were some living overlord with a real Voice. The only voice here was his own.

Curiosity is not a theological virtue.