1. control - Noun
2. control - Verb
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.
Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.
To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. Noam Chomsky
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. Laozi
Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee. Epictetus
Choose your woman with a velvet glove, but control her with a fist of iron. Czech Proverb
A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. Italian Proverb
Control of mental conduct, not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. Japanese Proverb