“How many men Have spent their blood in their dear country's service, Yet now pine under want; while selfish slaves, That even would cut their throats whom now they fawn on, Like deadly locusts, eat the honey up, Which those industrious bees so hardly toil'd for.” MenWantCountryCuttingBloodCourtSlaveDearSelfishThroatHoneyBeesToilIndustriousFawns Book:The Orphan, Or, The Unhappy-marriage: A Tragedy, as it is Acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre Source: The Orphan, Or, The Unhappy-marriage: A Tragedy, as it is Acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre
“False as the adulterate promises of favorites in power when poor men court them.” MenPoorPromiseCourtPoor ManFalsity Author:Thomas Otway
