Forbid

Famous quotes containing the word forbid:

    Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
    Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Mark, 10:14.

    O I forbid you, maidens a’
    That wear gowd on your hair,
    To come, or gae by Carterhaugh,
    For young Tom-lin is there.
    Unknown. Tam Lin (l. 1–4)

    O Paddy dear, an’ did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round?
    The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
    No more Saint Patrick’s Day we’ll keep, his colour can’t be seen,
    For there’s a cruel law agin the wearin’ o’ the Green!
    —Unknown. The Wearing of the Green (l. 37–40)