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

And yet, who should set bounds to their future?

From The Bail Jumper by Stead, Robert J. C.

But I will dwell no longer on this forbidden subject; let me set bounds to my pen, as an earnest that I most truly mean to do so to my thoughts.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

But Pooh-Bah declares "I must set bounds to my insatiable ambition."

From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.