Restrained Quotes

112 quotes by 95 authors

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. — William Blake
All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace whose joyous expression… — Abraham Lincoln
Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect,… — Thomas Jefferson
It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the consequences of a… — Samuel Johnson
The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating… — William O. Douglas
An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in which… — Thomas Jefferson
Let, then, the word be preached, and the sins of men will be rebuked, lust will be restrained, and some oppositions will be made against… — John Owen
In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all men… — Benjamin Rush
'I believe in oÂne God and Mohammed the Apostle of God,' is the simple and invariable profession of Islam. The intellectual image of the Deity… — Edward Gibbon
We have now learned that rashness and imprudence will not be deterred from taking credit; let us try whether fraud and avarice may be more… — Samuel Johnson
I hope that each one of us will be a better husband or wife, kinder to one another, more thoughtful, more restrained in criticism, and… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error... They are the natural enemies of error, and of error only... If [free enquiry]… — Thomas Jefferson
Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more… — Paul Morphy
Had you restrained your love, you would be free of sorrow. The greater the love, while one possesses it, the greater the sorrow when one… — Johannes von Tepl
Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death. — Albert Einstein
Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the… — Richard Rolle
I do not believe that a man should be restrained in his daily actions by being afraid of punishment after death or that he should… — Albert Einstein
The one thing that everybody wants is to be freenot to be managed, threatened, directed, restrained, obliged, fearful, administered, they want none of these things… — Gertrude Stein
Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits. — Thomas Jefferson

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