John Lothrop Motley quotes
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“A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1856). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: In three volumes”, p.30
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“A good lawyer is a bad Christian.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (2011). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History”, p.207, Cambridge University Press
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“A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1858). “The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history in three volumes”, p.21
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“In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1856). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: In three volumes”, p.25
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“Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1863). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: Complete in One Volume”, p.513
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“History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1858). “The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history in three volumes”, p.241
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“The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1863). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: Complete in One Volume”, p.18
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“The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1863). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: Complete in One Volume”, p.5
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“A talent for repartee is one that increases with practice.”
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“When did one man ever civilize a people?”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1856). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: In three volumes”, p.23
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“In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1858). “The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history in three volumes”, p.7
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“A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1863). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: Complete in One Volume”, p.12
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“For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1858). “The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history in three volumes”, p.17
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“Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty.”
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“Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.”
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“Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : Quoted in Oliver Wendell Holmes, Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1857 - 1858)
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“The finger of the atheists' own divinity, Reason, wrote on the wall the appalling judgments that there is no God; that the universe is only matter in spontaneous motion; and, most grievous word of all, that what men call their souls die with the death of the body, as music dies when the strings are broken.”
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“The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1863). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: Complete in One Volume”, p.18
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“A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (2011). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History”, p.133, Cambridge University Press
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“Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1863). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: Complete in One Volume”, p.13
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“Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1863). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: Complete in One Volume”, p.16
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“The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.”
-- John Lothrop MotleySource : John Lothrop Motley (1858). “The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history in three volumes”, p.18
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