Slave

Famous quotes containing the word slave:

    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 (1817–1862)

    No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is.
    John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)

    The ant, who has toiled and dragged a crumb to his nest, will furiously defend the fruit of his labor, against whatever robber assails him. So plain, that the most dumb and stupid slave that ever toiled for a master, does constantly know that he is wronged.
    Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)