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This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
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.
I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my
perfect right.
I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my
perfect right.
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins
O nation miserable,
With an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptred,
When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again,
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O nation miserable,
With an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptred,
When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again,
Since that the truest issue of thy throne
By his own interdiction stands accursed
And does blaspheme his breed?
Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.
Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.
What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear?
[Lat., Quid violentius aure tyranni?]
What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear?
[Lat., Quid violentius aure tyranni?]
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.]
