Tyrant Quotes

239 quotes by 193 authors

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average man — W R Inge
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring… — Plato
Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its whimsical — French Proverb
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within — Mahatma Gandhi
Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of youth. — Francois La Rochefoucauld
Your breath comes to its end, O my merchant friend, and your shoulders are weighed down by the tyrant of old age. Not one iota… — Sri Guru Granth Sahib
As one gains personal power, the terrors of the tyrant begin to lessen... — Senoraroy
Behind every Tyrant I see a quiet and wonderful person being suppressed by fear and distrust. — Terry Mark
O serpent heart hid with a flowering face! Did ever a dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant, feind angelical, dove feather raven, wolvish-ravening… — SangFroid Stalker
Pacifism only works for the protected. — Rock Cowles
I have no more fear of death than I do of going to sleep. I have no psychotic, PMSing, invisible tyrant in the sky trying… — Rock Cowles
The tyrant always talks as if he's preserving the best interests of his people when he actually acts to undermine them. — Ramman Kenoun
I don't think I could be happy as an actor if there was a tyrant on the set. — David Warner
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. — Mahatma Gandhi
A tyrant is most tyrant to himself — George Herbert
Thanks to the Middle East for giving us Christmas; the party of deceit to groom our kids. We already had solstice day and the festive… — Steve Fowler
Does the following quote sound like the words of an all loving and all caring God, or the words of an evil overzealous ulterior motivated… — Steve Fowler
The last and greatest tyrant one usually faces is the one who stares back from the mirror. Be wise and conquer him first. — Robert C Casey
The tyrant custom, most grave senators, Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war My thrice-driven bed of down. — Othello

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