Famous quotes containing the word permissible:
“What is permissible is not always honorable.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“Fences, unlike punishments, clearly mark out the perimeters of any specified territory. Young children learn where it is permissible to play, because their backyard fence plainly outlines the safe area. They learn about the invisible fence that surrounds the stove, and that Grandma has an invisible barrier around her cabinet of antique teacups.”
—Jeanne Elium (20th century)
“We are almost always bored with people it is not permissible to be bored with.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)