This world is a tyrant even to a tyrant, let alone to a noble soul! – Petar II Petrović Njegoš – Dictarium

Petar II Petrović Njegoš

This world is a tyrant even to a tyrant, let alone to a noble soul!

Petar II Petrović Njegoš, 1813–1851

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Everyone is born to die but once; honour and shame live forever!

Petar II Petrović Njegoš, 1813–1851
There is no resurrection without death.

Petar II Petrović Njegoš, 1813–1851
Fear for one’s life often stains one’s honour.

Petar II Petrović Njegoš, 1813–1851
No one has yet drunk a cup of honey that a cup of gall did not make bitter.

Petar II Petrović Njegoš, 1813–1851
Blessed is he who lives forever; he had a reason to be born.

Petar II Petrović Njegoš, 1813–1851
But for the hero of Topola, Karađorđe the immortal, every obstacle stood in the way, yet he reached the great goal: he raised the people, baptised the land and broke the barbarian chains, called the Serbs back from the dead and breathed life into the Serbian soul.

Petar II Petrović Njegoš, 1813–1851

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