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Famous quotes containing the word bolt:

“I’ve got orders to obey, thank God.”
—Robert Bolt (1924–1995)

“If Jupiter should hurl a bolt whenever men sin,
His armory would quickly be empty.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

“The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.”
—Robert Bolt (1924–1995)