Slave Quotes

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All her life she'd been warned that men were slaves to their desires, that they held their impulses in barely controlled check. A woman--a lady--must… — Elizabeth Hoyt
You're a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in this world, your imagination. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
As long as human labor power, and, consequently, life itself, remain articles of sale and purchase, of exploitation and robbery, the principle of the â€œsacredness… — Leon Trotsky
Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatusâ€”the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the… — Simone Weil
Dropping her hand, she turned in his arms. Then, rising up on tiptoe, she cupped his face in her palms and drew him down. Her… — Nalini Singh
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them,… — Frederick Douglass
Thou art beautiful because God created thee, but thou art a slave to sin... wickedness has made you ugly. — George MacDonald
There is no slave but the creature that wills against its Creator. — George MacDonald
I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit… — Elizabeth Gilbert
i'm a slave to my emotions, to my likes, to my hatred of boredom, to most of my desires — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Man is the one who desires, woman the one who is desired. This is woman's entire but decisive advantage. Through man's passions, nature has given… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We shove and clamour and cry for adoration,… — Christopher Nolan
The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions — Stephen Covey
There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South. Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow. Here was… — Ben Hecht
XI I sang his name instead of song; Over and over I sang his name: Backward and forward I sang it along, With my sweetest… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
For white men, to live is to own, or to try to own more, or to die trying to own more. Their appetites are astonishing!… — David Mitchell
I warn you," the boy went on. "I am a magician of great power. I control many terrifying entities. This being you see before you"… — Jonathan Stroud
Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command â€¦ but â€¦ attempts â€¦ to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the… — Pope John Paul II
The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave — Aravind Adiga
Esca tossed the slender papyrus roll onto the cot, and set his own hands over Marcus's. "I have not served the Centurion because I was… — Rosemary Sutcliff

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