Forbidden

Famous quotes containing the word forbidden:

“On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“We take no pleasure in permitted joys,
But what’s forbidden is more keenly sought.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

“O wearisome condition of humanity!
Born under one law, to another bound;
Vainly begot, and yet forbidden vanity,
Created sick, commanded to be sound.
What meaneth nature by these diverse laws?
Passion and reason self-division cause.”
—Fulke Greville (1554–1628)