Famous quotes containing the word slave:
“This is the monstruosity in love, ladythat the will is infinite and the execution confined; that the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for a cake, at least is not the slave of gross appetite; and shows besides a preference always to be esteemed, of the future to the present moment.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)
“To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing ...”
—Frances Wright (17951852)
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