Slave

Famous quotes containing the word slave:

“Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action. What they have done commits and enforces them to do the same again. The first act, which was to be an experiment, becomes a sacrament.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.”
—Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891)

“This is the monstruosity in love, lady—that the will is infinite and the execution confined; that the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)