“We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.”
Saint Augustine
“We make a ladder of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.”
“When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled”
African Proverb
“Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals”
George Washington
“You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look.”
Terry Pratchett
“Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood.”
William Allen White
“Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.”
Bible