Famous quotes containing the word tyrants:
“Never durst poet touch a pen to write
Until his ink were tempered with love’s sighs.
O then his lines would ravish savage ears,
And plant in tyrants mild humility.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“... tyrants deserve to be the victims of tyrants.”
—Jeanne De Hericourt (1809–1875)
“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)