Confine

Famous quotes containing the word confine:

    “Yes, marriage is hateful, detestable. A kind of ineffable, sickening disgust seizes my mind when I think of this most despotic, most unrequited fetter which prejudice has forged to confine its energies.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “If we confine ourselves to one life role, no matter how pleasant it seems at first, we starve emotionally and psychologically. We need a change and balance in our daily lives. We need sometimes to dress up and sometimes to lie around in torn jeans. . . . Even a grimy factory can afford some relief from a grimy kitchen and vice versa.”
    —Faye J. Crosby (20th century)

    “You must confine yourself within the modest limits of order.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)