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CHORUS:His Second Part,
Where Death cuts off the progress of his pomp
And murderous Fates throw all his triumphs down.
Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564–1593) English dramatist and poet
Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2, “Prologue,” ll. 3-5 (c. 1587)
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In the Octavo copy, "triumphs;" in Quarto "triumph."
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Timur (Tamerlane, Tamburlaine).
Added on 25-Sep-25 | Last updated 25-Sep-25
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Topics: bad luck, death, fate, misfortune, mortality, overturn, prologue, triumph
More quotes by Marlowe, Christopher The House will forgive me for quoting five democratic questions that I have developed during my life. If one meets a powerful person — Rupert Murdoch, perhaps, or Joe Stalin or Hitler — one can ask five questions: what power do you have; where did you get it; in whose interests do you exercise it; to whom are you accountable; and, how can we get rid of you? Anyone who cannot answer the last of those questions does not live in a democratic system.
Tony Benn (1925–2014) British politician, writer, diarist
Speech, House of Commons (16 Nov 1998)
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Benn used this set of questions -- often with different examples -- on
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Added on 9-Nov-21 | Last updated 9-Nov-21
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Topics: accountability, democracy, fire, overturn, power, rid
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