“The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, is because he was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it.” ReasonReligionPartyLibertyHellKnowingPoetDevilAngelMiltonFetters Author:William Blake
“Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty.” SoulEvilLibertyRepentanceSlipsFettersContrition Book:Table-talk Source: Table-talk
“Illustrious confessors of Jesus Christ, a Christian finds in prison the same joys as the prophets tasted in the desert. Call it not a dungeon, but a solitude. When the soul is in heaven, the body feels not the weight of fetters; it carries the whole man along with it.” MenFeelsSoulWholeBodyChristianJoyJesusHeavenChristLibertySolitudeJesus ChristWeightPrisonDesertProphetCarrieDungeonsFetters Author:Tertullian
“Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.” DesireFreedomLibertyPovertyPossessionStrongestDespotismSecuredFetters Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony.” MenLibertyIronyTemplesDragJoyousMockeryInhumanAnthemFettersSacrilegious Author:Frederick Douglass
“Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart-- The heart which love of thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd-- To fetters and damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom.” MindHeartArtCountrySpiritLibertySonEternalTheeConquerGloomMartyrdomDampDungeonsFettersVaults Book:Selected Poems of Lord Byron Source: Selected Poems of Lord Byron