Tyrants

Famous quotes containing the word tyrants:

“I am a humble suitor to your virtues;
For pity is the virtue of the law,
And none but tyrants use it cruelly.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Still let my tyrants know, I am not doomed to wear
Year after year in gloom, and desolate despair;
A messenger of Hope comes every night to me,
And offers for short life, eternal liberty.”
—Emily Brontë (1818–1848)

“... tyrants deserve to be the victims of tyrants.”
—Jeanne De Hericourt (1809–1875)