A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life…

The law often permits what honor prohibits.

— Bernard-Joseph Saurin

For what will it profit men that a more prudent distribution and use of riches make it possible for them to gain even the…

— Pope Pius XI

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable…

— Charles Dudley Warner

This is a whole new era where we're moving beyond little edits on single genes to being able to write whatever we want throughout…

— George M. Church

They either attach themselves to God's will, which results in their continuous progress, improvement and advancement, or they oppose God's will, are justly subjected…

— Gregory Palamas

Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]

— Horace

Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and…

— Maya Angelou

The divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole…

— Hernando Cortes

With a full century of contrary proof in our possession and despite our demonstrated capacity for cooperative teamwork, some among us seem to accept…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Until quite recently I've been wholly cut off from [the Shias] because their tenets forbid them to look upon an unveiled woman and my…

— Gertrude Bell

The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have…

— A. B. Yehoshua

As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the affairs of…

— Joseph Brodsky

Washington bureaucrats have classified the very air we exhale as a pollutant and have gone unchallenged in this incredible assertion. The logical consequence is…

— Ron Paul

I know that God loves us. He allows us to exercise our moral agency even when we misuse it. He permits us to make…

— Thomas S. Monson

I would have let you shoot me without further ado! But it is not possible to hang the German Reichsmarschall! I cannot permit this.…

— Hermann Goring