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Tyranny: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
The hour before the heavenly-harness'd team Begins his golden progress in the east.— Shakespeare — Henry IV. Pt. I. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 221.
The weary sun hath made a golden set, And, by the bright track of his fiery car, Gives signal of a goodly day to-morrow.— Shakespeare — Richard III. Act V. Sc. 3. L. 19.
The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day: Now spurs the lated traveller apace, To gain the timely inn.— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act III. Sc. 3. L. 5.
Twilight, ascending slowly from the east, Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks O'er the fair front and radiant eyes of day; Night followed, clad with stars.— SHELLEY — Alastor.
Now the soft hour Of walking comes; for him who lonely loves To seek the distant hills, and there converse With Nature, there to harmonize his heart, And in pathetic Song to breathe around The harmony to others.— THOMSON — Seasons. Summer. L. 1,378.
A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.— ARISTOTLE
The tyrant now Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend He now dare trust.— JOANNA BAILLIE — Ethwald. Pt. II. Act V. Sc. 3.
Th' oppressive, sturdy, man-destroying villains, Who ravag'd kingdoms, and laid empires waste, And in a cruel wantonness of power, Thinn'd states of half their people, and gave up To want the rest.— S. BLAIR — The Grave. L. 9.
Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, Howe'er his own commence, can never be But an usurper.— HENRY BROOKE — Gustavus Vasa. Act IV. Sc. L.
Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? The despotism of vice- The weakness and the wickedness of luxury- The negligence-the apathy-the evils Of sensual sloth-produce ten thousand tyrants, Whose delegated cruelty surpasses The worst acts of one energetic master, However harsh and hard in his own bearing.— BYRON — Sardanapalus. Act I. Sc. 2.
Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects? The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more A brigand than the robber-chief.— BYRON — The Two Foscari. Act II. Sc. 1.
There is nothing more hostile to a city than a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common, but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway, and this is no longer equal.— EURIPIDES — Suppliants. 429. Oxford
trans. (Revised by Buckley.) 'Twixt kings and tyrants there's this difference known: Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their owne.— HERRICK — Kings and Tyrants.
Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess, - Comes of the purple he from childhood wears, Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.— VICTOR HUGO — The Vanished City.
Bleed, bleed, poor country! Great Tyranny! lay thou thy basis sure, For goodness dares not check thee!— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 31.
Quid violentius aure tyranni? What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear?— JUVENAL — Satiræ. IV. 86.
Gaudensque viam fecisse ruinâ. He rejoices to have made his way by ruin.— LUCAN — Pharsalia. I. 150.
Il n'appartient, qu' aux tyrans d'être toujours en crainte. None but tyrants have any business to be afraid.— HARDOUIN DE PÉRÉFIXE — Attributed to
HENRY IV. Les habiles tyrans ne sont jamais punis. Clever tyrants are never punished.— VOLTAIRE — Mérope. V. 5.
N'est-on jamais tyran qu'avec un diadème? Is there no tyrant but the crowned one?— CHÉNIER — Caius Gracchus.
Tremblez, tyrans, vous êtes immortels. Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die.— DELILLE — L' Immortalité de l' Ame.
Tyran, descends du trône et fais place à ton maître. Tyrant, step from the throne, and give place to thy master.— CORNEILLE — Héraclius. I. 2.
U. Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysique. When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, this is Metaphysics.— VOLTAIRE
Was man nicht versteht, besitzt man nicht. What we do not understand we do not possess.— GOETHE — Sprüche in, Prosa. III.