Famous quotes containing the words rule and/or prohibits:
“When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of mans soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances.”
—Thomas Carlyle (17951881)
“True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (16221673)
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