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Quotes including the word “prison”.

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Victor Hugo

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Nelson Mandela

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.”

Rilke

The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.

Bertrand Russell

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

L. Wittgenstein

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.

Virginia Woolf

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.