Gallows Quotes

44 quotes by 41 authors

a man was on his way to the gallows when he met another, who asked him: where are you going, my friend? and the condemned… — Jose Saramago
If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your… — Robert Jordan
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether… — Benjamin Disraeli
It isn't the desire to abide by the law that makes everyone behave as society requires, but the fear of punishment. Each one of us… — Paulo Coelho
The ladies pass the timee with gossip and hearsay. This is what they have in place of freedom- gime and gossip. Their lives are small… — Libba Bray
God forbid I should bleed to death, eh? Then you'd have to cart around my rotting corpse. (Kyrian) Could you be any more morbid? Jeez,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
If you get hung up on everybody else's hang-ups, then the whole world's going to be nothing more than one huge gallows. — Richard Brautigan
A tiny little wooden man [was] slowly ascending the steps to a real set of gallows, both perched on a box that read: Reusable Hangman… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The merciful precepts of Christ will at last suffuse the Code and it will glow with their radiance. Crime will be considered an illness with… — Victor Hugo
Guess what it is that turns plants to coal. Pressure. Guess what it is that turns limestone to marble. Pressure. Guess what it is that… — Franny Billingsley
Crosses and gallows - that deadly historic juxtaposition. — Howard Zinn
but what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for… — Terry Pratchett
When she looked at herself in her wedding photographs, Ammu felt the woman that looked back at her was someone else. A foolish jewelled bride.… — Arundhati Roy
Gallows humor is part of having a doctor in the house. Deal with it. — J R Ward
I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer. He smiled. Gallows humor. — John Green
I told you I would tell you my names. This is what they call me. I'm called Glad-of-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-Eyed.… — Neil Gaiman
The 'gallows' are not only a symbol of death, but also a symbol of cruelty, terror and irreverence for life; the common denominator of primitive… — Arthur Koestler
On the gallows tree, all men are brothers. — George R. R. Martin
One thing I would say is real cops have real gallows senses of humor and make incredibly funny and inappropriate jokes in the presence of… — Daniel J. Goor
Earl of Sandwhich . . .You shall either die of the pox or on the gallows. — John Wilkes

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