Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold.
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He who first shortened the labor of Copyists by device of Movable Types was disbanding hired Armies and cashiering most Kings and Senates, and creating a whole new Democratic world: he had invented the Art of printing.
thomas carlyleThe applause of list'ning Senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes.
thomas grayBut while listening Senates hang upon thy tongue, Devolving through the maze of eloquence A roll of periods, sweeter than her song.
james thomson