bind oneself

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What folly, then, to say that it is unlawful to bind oneself by promises of this kind, since it is lawful to be good—the only thing that is lawful!

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)

But it is not policy to bind oneself too closely to detail.

From Idle Ideas in 1905 by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

One thing would be terrible," said he: "to bind oneself forever to a suffering man.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Wherefore if in taking a vow, it is one's intention and will to bind oneself to fulfil it at once, one is bound to fulfil it immediately.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

One doesn't bind oneself for life after having spent one evening together; it doesn't follow that he who has enjoyed the rapture, must also undergo the pain.

From The Red Room by Strindberg, August