Dower Slaves

Famous quotes containing the words dower and/or slaves:

    At Sestos, Hero dwelt; Hero the faire,
    Whom young Apollo, courted for her haire,
    And offred as a dower his burning throne,
    Where she should sit for men to gaze upon.
    Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)

    Slavery it is that makes slavery; freedom, freedom. The slavery of women happened when the men were slaves of kings.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)