"Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds!
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“When my love swears that she is made of truth,I do believe her, though I know she lies.”
“Take no repulse, whatever she doth say; For 'get you gone,' she doth not mean 'away.' Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces; Though ne'er so black, say they have angels' faces”
“[JF] Kennedy was a deceitful man. He was a cold-blooded politician whose purpose was to get elected.”
More on Tyranny
“An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.”
“The cutting of heads is become so much a la mode, that one is apt to feel of a morning whether their own is on their shoulders.”
“When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.”