Forbid Quotes

212 quotes by 181 authors

We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature; nature has to be outside,… — Diane Ackerman
It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I… — Josh Billings
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire. — Geoffrey Chaucer
If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory,… — Sun Tzu
It is the duty of all papas and mammas to forbid their children to drink coffee, unless they wish to have little dried-up machines, stunted… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
[The papists] ought to have sympathy with us weak, poor Christians, and not condemn us or make fun of us because we are learning so… — Martin Luther
I do have an office where about 70 percent of my writing gets done, but sometimes it does get a bit stir-crazy to be cooped… — James Rollins
God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the west... keeping the world in chains. If [our nation] took to… — Mahatma Gandhi
Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a… — Thomas Jefferson
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to… — George Washington
Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in [my] own right, shall receive… — George Washington
If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how then with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will… — Herman Melville
God forbid that I should go to any heaven where there are no horses. — Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
One must never forbid oneself anything. One must also be able to go back, one must always be able to change... — Hans Hartung
This vice brings in one hundred million francs in taxes every year. I will certainly forbid it at once - as soon as you can… — Napoleon III
False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because… — Cesare Beccaria
God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them. — George Whitefield
Islam didn't make it Haram for you to fall in love. It didn't forbid you from wanting someone. It only guides that love so it… — Nouman Ali Khan
God forbid, men should be jealous of knowledge as they are jealous of women. — Umar

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