George Sewell quotes
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“Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.”
-- George SewellSource : George Sewell (1719). “The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh. [In Five Acts and in Verse.]”, p.4
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“When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.”
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“Vain empty words / Of honour, glory and immortal fame, / Can these recall the spirit from its place, / Or re-inspire the breathless clay with life? / What tho' your fame with all its thousand trumpets, / Sound o'er the sepulchres, will that awake / The sleeping dead.”
-- George SewellSource : George Sewell (1719). “The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh: As it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields”, p.12
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“The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.”
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“The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.”
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“Not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day.”
Source : Referring to the miners' slogan in speech at York, 3 April 1926: 'The Times' 5 April 1926
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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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