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“The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.”
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“A talent for repartee is one that increases with practice.”
“When did one man ever civilize a people?”
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“The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.”
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Source: History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to the Synod of Dort: With a Full View of the English-Dutch Struggle Against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada
“A good lawyer is a bad Christian.”
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“Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.”
“The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.”
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“A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.”
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“Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.”
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“Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.”
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Source: The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history in three volumes
Source: The Rise of the Dutch Republic: Complete in One Volume
Source: The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history in three volumes
“A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind.”
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“In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.”
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“Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.”
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“History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.”
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“The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.”
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