set bounds to

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Any institution or organization, any cult or system which tries to bind the restless spirit of man, to set bounds to his curious searchings, to deny the report of his reason, cannot last.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had tried to codify the evil uses of might by individuals, so that he might set bounds to them by the impersonal justice of the state.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Rhyme, it is said, circumscribes a quick and luxuriant fancy, which would extend itself too far on every subject, did not the labour which is required to well-turned and polished rhyme set bounds to it.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

The glory of the Athenian democrats is, not that they escaped the worst consequences of their principle, but that, having twice cast out the usurping oligarchy, they set bounds to their own power.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Who can set bounds to the possibilities of man?

From Nature by Emerson, Ralph Waldo