Famous quotes containing the words victim, pass and/or title:
“each new victim treads unfalteringly
The never altered circuit of his fate,
Bringing twelve peers as witness
Both to his starry rise and starry fall.”
—Robert Graves (18951985)
“Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.”
—Epictetus (c. 50120)
“It was his title that killed me. I had never spoken to a lord before. Oh, me! what a fool, what a beast I have been!”
—Anthony Trollope (18151882)
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