32 Quotes by John Lothrop Motley

A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.

When did one man ever civilize a people?

A talent for repartee is one that increases with practice.

The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.

History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.

Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.