Forbids Quotes

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Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry. — Saint Francis de Sales
I would sooner perish for ever than stoop down before a Being who may have power to crush me, but whom my heart forbids me… — James Anthony Froude
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to… — Anatole France
We're not getting involved in terms of sending ground forces into Libya. Let's be clear about that. And indeed the UN Resolution forbids that. It… — William Hague
After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation. This position doesn't require any religious denomination to alter any of its… — Tim Johnson
Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason… — George H. Mead
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. — Moliere
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In order for the wheel to turn, for life to be lived, impurities are needed, and the impurities of impurities in the soil, too, as… — Primo Levi
Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would reign in every page. Restore… — Laurence Sterne
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids. — John Steinbeck
A woman cannot live in the light of intellect. Society forbids it. Those conventional frivolities, which are called her 'duties', forbid it. Her 'domestic duties',… — Florence Nightingale
The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth. — Giacomo Casanova
Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us… — Michel de Montaigne
But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread at… — Daniel Handler
It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness… — Michel de Montaigne
It's a curious thing in American life that the most abject nonsense will be excused if the utterer can claim the sanction of religion. A… — Christopher Hitchens
You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute. — Ambrose Bierce
A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her,â€”the light which, showing the way, forbids it. — Kate Chopin
All reined up in old language and old assumptions, straining to jump clean-hoofed on to a whole new track of being I only suspect is… — Peter Shaffer

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