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Tyrant Quotes by Lord Byron
- If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by…
- A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
More Tyrant Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a… — John Adams
- How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! — Samuel Adams
- Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. — Ambrose Bierce
- In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. — Aeschylus
- Any excuse will serve a tyrant. — Aesop
- The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them. — Emily Bronte