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history disposition efficacy
But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. Edward Gibbon
history narrative firsts
Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative.
history important difficult
The subject, however various and important, has already been so frequently, so ably, and so successfully discussed, that it is now grown familiar to the reader, and difficult to the writer.
history miracle doe
The frequent repetition of miracles serves to provoke, where it does not subdue, the reason of mankind....
history heaven republic
An absolute monarch, who is rich without patrimony, may be charitable without merit; and Constantine too easily believed that he should purchase the favour of Heaven if he maintained the idle at the expense of the industrious, and distributed among the saints the wealth of the republic.
history catholic church
Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty, was successfully practised; honours, gifts, and immunities were offered and accepted as the price of an episcopal vote; and the condemnation of the Alexandrian primate was artfully represented as the only measure which could restore the peace and union of the catholic church.
history empires palaces
While the Romans languished under the ignominious tyranny of eunuchs and bishops, the praises of Julian were repeated with transport in every part of the empire, except in the palace of Constantius.
history sawdust mills
[History is] that terrible mill in which sawdust rejoins sawdust. Edith Sitwell
history principles human-nature
History is the discovering of the principles of human nature. David Hume
empires misery humans
The history of empires is the history of human misery.
empires roles found
Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role. Dean Acheson
empires sometimes lost
A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire... Cardinal Richelieu
empires poet modern
Old empires always appeal to modern poets more than new ones. Dana Gioia
empires study imperialism
We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5) Edward Said
empires world plunder
Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.
empires dishes ifs
If the English had deep-dish pizza they could have kept their empire. Daniel Pinkwater
empires
We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic. Donald Rumsfeld
empires heiress fallen
The Romanovs are overtaken by the Indian Maharajahs as American heiresses pick over the carcasses of fallen Empire. Suzy Menkes
palaces intrigue hesitation
Don't expect ambiguities, hesitations or palace intrigues from me. Anibal Cavaco Silva
palaces wages prison
I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages. Christopher Love
palaces poison court-jester
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Danny Kaye
palaces hollywood midnight
The Midnight Palace is a great place on the web for the very best on Hollywood Classics! Keith Thibodeaux
palaces aim sewers
You aim for the palace and get drowned in the sewer. Mark Twain
palaces construction pantheon
Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors? Petrarch
palaces needs need-you
I will come to you, my friend, when I no longer need you. Then you will find a palace, not an almshouse. Henry David Thoreau
palaces strategy
You cannot make a cheap palace. Ralph Waldo Emerson
palaces united-states los-angeles
Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet most residents have never been inside one of them. Leonard Maltin