Prison/history

Famous quotes containing the words prison and/or history:

    “The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The history of a soldier’s wound beguiles the pain of it.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)