#confine

In the early days of his reign, Bismarck confided to a friend that it would some day be necessary for Germany to confine William II in an insane asylum. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#confided #confine #day #days #early

No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head. ↗

— Terry Josephson

#entire #entire life #go #head #life

Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature of the poet to become tender and imaginitive in the loneliness of confinement. He banquets upon the honey of his own thoughts, and, like the captive bird, pours forth his soul in melody. ↗

— Washington Irving

#imagination #liberty #poet #thought #imagination

She felt trapped, but she didn't have to. The world is wide open and ready, waiting for us to escape this bubble and join it. ↗

— C.M. Stunich

#confinement #confusion #decisions #escape #fears

I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#american people #aspiration #because #best #best work

For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals. ↗

— Michael Rostovtzeff

#confined #crises #generals #great #historical

An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there. ↗

— Edward Young

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Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties. ↗

— W. L. George

#cats #confinement #food #how #know

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue. ↗

— Nassau William Senior

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God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#confined #conflict #god #great #love