"Do you know that the Barbican Center Theater of London has censored Tamburlaine the Great, the drama written in 1587 …"

"Virtue solely is the sum of glory And fashions men with true nobility."

"His Second Part, Where death cuts off the progress of his pomp And murderous Fates throw all his triumphs down."

"Well, bark, ye dogs; I'll bridle all your tongues."

"...In vain, I see, men worship Mahomet: My sword hath sent millions of Turks to hell, Slew all his priests, his kinsm…"

"Come, let us march against the powers of heaven, And set black streamers in the firmament, To signify the slaughter o…"

"Tamburlaine, the Scourge of God, must die."

"Virtue is the fount whence honour springs."

"Our swords shall play the orators for us."

"Sooner shall the sun fall from his sphere Than Tamburlaine be slain or overcome."