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Oppression: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

I love not to see wretchedness o'ercharg'd, And duty in his service perishing.— M.N. v. 1.

I am an ass, indeed; you may prove it by my long ears. I have served him from the hour of my nativity to this instant, and have nothing at his hands for my service, but blows; when I am cold, he heats me with beating: when I am warm, he cools me with beating; I am awak'd with it, when I sleep; rais'd with it, when I sit; driven out of doors with it, when I go from home; welcomed home with it, when I return: nay, I bear it on my shoulders, as a beggar her brat; and, I think, when he hath lam'd me, 1 shall beg with it from door to door.— C. E. iv. 4.

Each new morn, New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows Strike heaven on the face. M.iv.2

The Natural Duty Of Resistance To

To whom do lions cast their gentle looks? Not to the beast that would usurp their den. Whose hand is that the forest bear doth lick? Not his, that spoils her young before her face. 3% Who 'scapes the lurking serpent's mortal sting? Not he that sets his foot upon her back. The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on, And doves will peck, in safeguard of their brood.— H. VI. PT. III. ii. 2

The poor wren, The most diminutive of birds, will fight, Her young ones in the nest, against the owl.— M. iv. 2