Paradis/people

Famous quotes containing the words paradis and/or people:

“Al that joye is went away,
That wele is comen to weylaway,
To manie harde stoundes.

Hoere paradis hy nomen here,
And now they lien in helle ifere:”
—Unknown. Ubi Sunt Qui ante Nos Fuerunt? (L. 16–20)

“The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness.... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)