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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
But thou know'st this,
'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.
But thou know'st this,
'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.
Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die.
[Fr., Tremblez, tyrans, vous etes immortels.]
Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die.
[Fr., Tremblez, tyrans, vous etes immortels.]
Tyrant, step from the throne, and give place to thy master.
[Fr., Tyran, descends du trone et fais place read more
Tyrant, step from the throne, and give place to thy master.
[Fr., Tyran, descends du trone et fais place a ton maitre.]
Tyranny and anarchy are never far asunder.
Tyranny and anarchy are never far asunder.
Is there no tyrant but the crowned one?
[Fr., N'est-on jamais tyran qu'avec un diademe?]
Is there no tyrant but the crowned one?
[Fr., N'est-on jamais tyran qu'avec un diademe?]
There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom
in the first and chiefest place, read more
There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom
in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common,
but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway,
and this is no longer equal.
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.