Robert Bolt Men Quotations

It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!

The law is not a 'light' for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.

I am used to hear bad men misuse the name of God, yet God exists.

Some men think the Earth is round, others think it flat; it is a matter capable of question. But, if it is flat, will the King's command make it round? And, if it is round, will the King's command flatten it?

When a man takes an oath... he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water.

The man who tells lies hides the truth, but the man who tells half-lies has forgotten where he put it.