Thou Art

Famous quotes containing the words thou art, thou and/or art:

    “... even I am growing accustomed to slavery; so much so that I cease to think of its accursed influence and calmly eat from the hands of the bondman without being mindful that he is such. O, Slavery, hateful thing that thou art thus to blunt the keen edge of conscience!”
    —Susan B. Anthony (1820–1907)

    “In darkness, and with dangers compast round,
    And solitude; yet not alone, while thou
    Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn
    Purples the East: still govern thou my Song,
    Urania, and fit audience find, though few.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)

    “There is in fact no such thing as art for art’s sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.”
    —Mao Zedong (1893–1976)