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)
“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)
“Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)