Famous quotes containing the word slave:
“Mens actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“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)
“The man of genius, like a dog with a bone, or the slave who has swallowed a diamond, or a patient with the gravel, sits afar and retired, off the road, hangs out no sign of refreshment for man and beast, but says, by all possible hints and signs, I wish to be alone,good-by,fare-well. But the Landlord can afford to live without privacy.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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