💬 Quotes
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"Such duty as the subject owes the prince, even such a woman oweth to her husband."
— The Taming of the Shrewby William Shakespeare
"No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; in brief, sir, study what you most affect."
— The Taming of the Shrewby William Shakespeare
"I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; if wealthily, then happily in Padua."
— The Taming of the Shrewby William Shakespeare
"Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, thy head, thy sovereign."
— The Taming of the Shrewby William Shakespeare
"Knowledge unfettered makes a man unfit to be a slave."
— Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglassby Frederick Douglass
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
— Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglassby Frederick Douglass
"You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a man was made a free man."
— Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglassby Frederick Douglass
"Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave is not liked by masters."
— Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglassby Frederick Douglass
"I found that to set a true value on any liberty, it was necessary that I should be subjected to some privations. I was now about to begin a journey in the dark."
— Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglassby Frederick Douglass
"Conscience cannot stand much violence. Once let the blood of a man be spilt on the ground, and the conscience, after a time, gets hardened."
— Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglassby Frederick Douglass
"Me secuestraron en la ciudad de Washington, donde me habían atraído bajo falsos pretextos, y me vendieron como esclavo."
— Doce a?æos de Esclavitudby Solomon Northup
"Lloré la pérdida de mi esposa y de mis hijos; pero mis lágrimas eran tan inútiles como las de un niño."
— Doce a?æos de Esclavitudby Solomon Northup
"Un hombre que nunca ha estado expuesto a las influencias desmoralizadoras de la esclavitud no puede formarse una idea adecuada de su crueldad."
— Doce a?æos de Esclavitudby Solomon Northup
"La música era mi único consuelo. Con el violín en mis manos, olvidaba por momentos mis cadenas y el peso de mi servidumbre."
— Doce a?æos de Esclavitudby Solomon Northup
"Pat Epps era un hombre de pasiones violentas, impulsivo y cruel, que encontraba placer en el sufrimiento de sus esclavos."
— Doce a?æos de Esclavitudby Solomon Northup
"Aquellos doce años de sufrimiento quedaron atrás como una pesadilla prolongada y horrenda, de la cual al fin había despertado a la luz de la libertad."
— Doce a?æos de Esclavitudby Solomon Northup
"O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend / The brightest heaven of invention!"
— Henry Vby William Shakespeare
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; / Or close the wall up with our English dead."
— Henry Vby William Shakespeare
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; / For he today that sheds his blood with me / Shall be my brother."
— Henry Vby William Shakespeare