Famous quotes containing the word forbids:
“Old age is a tyrant that forbids us upon pain of death all the pleasures of youth.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)
“My mind to me a kingdom is;
Such present joys therein I find
That it excels all other bliss
That earth affords or grows by kind.
Though much I want which most would have,
Yet still my mind forbids to crave.”
—Sir Edward Dyer (c. 1540–1607)