"Virtue cannot dwell with slaves, nor reign O'er those who cower to take a tyrant's yoke."

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Source : William Cullen Bryant, “The Ages”

William C. Bryant

#Tyrants Quotes #Reign Quotes #Yoke Quotes

“For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour.”
“Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet to run amok and tilt at all I meet.”
“Hell is gone and heaven's here,there's nothing left for you to fear.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 21, 2015
“For someone in my position, there's opportunities to be anything you want to be, even if you shouldn't be eligible, and I think that's left a bad taste in a lots of financers' and studios' mouths. Just cause someone's popular at one thing, letting them do the other isn't always the right thing.”
“Rejoice with those who rejoice." I have found that difficult too often. I was much better at weeping with those who weep.”
“We worked on The Perfect Storm, and I'll never forget, Wolfgang Petersen would talk about a moment. Like a non-speaking moment, where we'd all be sitting around eating dinner, and it would probably last maybe four seconds on screen. But he would sit there and talk about it for about 10 minutes. He knew what piece of the puzzle that scene would be, and if it were six seconds, it would be too long. If it were three seconds, it wouldn't be enough. I'm always turned on with people's enthusiasm like that.”
“When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress.”
“Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart that goes out of itself, gets large and full of joy. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.”

Source : "Thoughts" by Jessie K. Freeman and Sarah S. B. Yule, (p. 83), 1901.

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