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Slave Quotes

Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears. Frederick Douglass
Allen Ginsberg quote: "Slaves of Plastic! Leather-shoe chino-pants prisoners! ..."
Slaves of Plastic! Leather-shoe chino-pants prisoners! Haircut junkies! Dacron-shiffers! Allen Ginsberg
Frederick Douglass quote: "Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work."
Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work. Frederick Douglass
Alexander Pope quote: "Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through..."
Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God. Alexander Pope
John Norman quote: "Slave girls on Gor address all free men as Master, though, of..."
Slave girls on Gor address all free men as Master, though, of course only one such would be her true Master. John Norman
In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. We must work to live, and they give us such mean wages that we die. We toil for them all day long, and they heap up gold in their coffers, and our children fade away before their time, and the faces of those we love become hard and evil. We tread out the grapes, another drinks the wine. We sow the corn, and our own board is empty. We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and... Oscar Wilde
Orson Scott Card quote: "Quing-Jao: I am a slave to the gods, and I rejoice in it...."
Quing-Jao: I am a slave to the gods, and I rejoice in it. Jane: A slave who rejoices is a slave indeed. Orson Scott Card
never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvesttime, cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time. A Frederick Douglass
James Connolly quote: "The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female..."
The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave. James Connolly
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "You're a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in this..."
You're a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in this world, your imagination. F. Scott Fitzgerald
And what will be their fate?” he asked. “Forgive me master, but I am curious to know, so that my heart may prepare itself.” “Flesh without spirit,” I said. “Life without hope, the slavery of mankind-a bondage so hopeless that slaves will no longer know they are slaves. Wealth without happiness, abundance without the power to enjoy it. The death of the spirit. Mika Waltari
Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar. Friedrich Nietzsche
Um," I asked, "isn't the whole point about being a slave that you don't have a choice to be anything else?" Prettying up the word slave with the adjective-noun constructions makes "enslaved African" sound nonchalant. As in "Those were the cabins of the jolly leprechauns. Sarah Vowell
Though no one would want to be sold as a slave, it is perhaps even more galling to be a sort of utility slave whom no one will buy. C. S. Lewis
[The materialist] thinks me a slave because I am not allowed to believe in determinism. I think [the materialist] a slave because he is not allowed to believe in fairies. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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