#restrain

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire. ↗

— Henry Miller

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The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint. ↗

— Marianne Moore

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One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. ↗

— James K. Polk

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It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many, the political authority that is based on the knowledge of the few. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

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A person in my position has to restrain himself. ↗

— Vin Diesel

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Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes. ↗

— Mark Zandi

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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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