"How many men Have spent their blood in their dear country's service, Yet now pine under want; while selfish slaves, That even would cut their throats whom now they fawn on, Like deadly locusts, eat the honey up, Which those industrious bees so hardly toil'd for."

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Source : Thomas Otway, Roger Boyle Earl of Orrery (1703). “The Orphan, Or, The Unhappy-marriage: A Tragedy, as it is Acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre”, p.12

Thomas Otway

#Country Quotes #Selfish Quotes #Cutting Quotes

“That tv box has a tremendous capacity to reach people.”
“The mind can make substance, and people planets of its own with beings brighter than have been, and give a breath to forms which can outlive all flesh.”
“History is not written in the interests of morality.”
“I think pot should be legalized, but I think the promotion of party culture is irresponsible.”
“The early Christians did not say, in dismay, 'Look what the world has come to,' but, in delight, 'Look what has come to the world!â€”
“You can't play forever.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Love is primarily giving. Itâ€™s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first.”
“We are become Middle Men, of the Twilight, but with memory of other things. For as the Rohirrim do, we now love war and valour as things good in themselves, both a sport and an end; and though we still hold that a warrior should have more skills and knowledge than only the craft of weapons and slaying, we esteem a warrior, nonetheless, above men of other crafts. Such is the need of our days.”

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