bed of Procrustes
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Theology was ever the bed of Procrustes, to be adapted to which, the limbs of travellers, if too long were cut off, and if too short were lengthened.
From Good Sense by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'
The bed of Procrustes, madam, was a bed to which all who lay upon it had to be conformed.
From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh
Like the bed of Procrustes, fashions are compelled to suit every one.
From Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress by Merrifield, Mary Philadelphia
The seat of ideals, then, in one's mind, should be, as it were, a lounge, over which these hangings may drape and flap harmlessly; but it may easily become as the bed of Procrustes.
From Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Let the student of singing beware of the numerous impostors who claim to have a “Method,” a sort of bed of Procrustes, which the victim, whether long or short, is made to fit.
From Style in Singing by Haslam, W. E.
