Quotation Explorer - 'Fetters'

Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy. - Richard Francis Burton
There is a fascination here that holds rich and poor, strong and weak captive,not with chains and fetters but by an almost touchable solace... - Barbara Woodall
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. - Henry Clay
Emotional fetters may hurt but they lead us to profound lessons of life. - Balroop Singh
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