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Restraint Quotes - Page 2

What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion.

Epictetus (1758). “All the Works of Epictetus: Which are Now Extant; Consisting of His Discourses, Preserved by Arrian, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.345

Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword.

Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.732, Scholastic Inc.

When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.

"Shatterpoint" by Matthew Stover, (p. 176), 2004.

We all move uneasily within our restraints.

Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). “An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness”, p.69, Pan Macmillan

Come, let’s be calm: no one incapable of restraint was ever a writer.

Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (1980). “The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857”, p.110, Harvard University Press

Children are wickeder than adults, they have no sense of restraint.

Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.56, Harper Collins