William Shakespeare Quotes

I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny, who sways, not as it hath power, but as it is suffered.

William Shakespeare

• Power
• Age
• Politics
• Oppression
• Bondage

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• I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny, who sways, not as it hath power, but as it is suffered.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Power
  • Age
  • Politics