History shows how feeble are barriers of... by John Lothrop Motley | We Heart Quotes

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History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.

- John Lothrop Motley

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Woman

A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.

- John Lothrop Motley

History

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

- 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

Country

Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.

- John Lothrop Motley

Old

In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.

- John Lothrop Motley

First Time

Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome.

- John Lothrop Motley

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