Illness and death†the only things that a tyrant has in commonwith his subjects† In thissensealone, a nation profits from being run byan old man.

-Brodsky, Ioseph
  Less Than One,'On Tyranny'.

The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go.

-Bronte«  , EmilyJane
  'The Night is Darkening Round Me'.

Thou tyrant, tyrant Jealousy, Thou tyrant of the mind!

-Dryden,John
  Love Triumphant, act 3, sc.1,'Song of  Jealousy'.

EŁ  loquence quipersuade par douceur, non par empire, en tyran, non en roi. Eloquence should persuade gently, not by force or like a tyrant or king.

-Pascal, Blaise
c.1654^1662  Pense¤  es, pt.1, no.15.

High upon the gallows tree Swung the noble-hearted three By the vengeful tyrant stricken in their bloom; But they met him face to face With the courage of their race, And they went with souls undaunted to their doom. 'God save Ireland!'said the heroes; 'God save Ireland', say they all: Whether on the scaffold high Or the battlefield we die, Oh, what matter when for Erin dear we fall.

-Sullivan,Timothy Daniel
  'God Save Ireland'.