John Lothrop Motley
Historian
1814-04-15
Quotes by John Lothrop Motley
-
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.
Read quote -
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.
Read quote -
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.
Read quote -
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.
Read quote -
The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.
Read quote -
In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.
Read quote -
The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.
Read quote -
A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.
Read quote