A good lawyer is a bad Christian. by John Lothrop Motley | We Heart Quotes

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A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

- John Lothrop Motley

Other quotes by John Lothrop Motley

People

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

- John Lothrop Motley

Man People

When did one man ever civilize a people?

- John Lothrop Motley

Life Will

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.

- John Lothrop Motley

Grave

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

- John Lothrop Motley

Lie

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

- John Lothrop Motley

Events

The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times.

- John Lothrop Motley

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