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

William the Conqueror and Hildebrand were rarely-matched antagonists—the one determined to set bounds to the Pope's scheme of world-domination; the Pope equally determined to bend the stubborn Norman to his will.

From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Jones, Henry Paul Mainwaring

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

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

During this time, Maximus, the usurper of Gaul, had acted toward the empress and her feeble son with apparent friendliness; but he had not in reality set bounds to the range of his ambition.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred