A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

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

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

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

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

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

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

A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.

Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.

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

Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.

Art is the perpetual motion of illusion. The highest purpose of art is to inspire. What else can you do? What else can you do for any one but inspire them?

I really wanted my creams to feel luxurious and have a beautiful finish, and it's harder to do that with natural ingredients.

Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition.

When we wake, it is because something, some event, some pinprick even, disturbs the edges of what we’ve taken as reality.

The divinity of Jesus is not a dispensable extra that has no significance for our salvation. On the contrary, our salvation depends on it. We can be saved only by God Himself.

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

I have always loved Las Vegas. It's a traditional place for lounge comics to perform, and I love that.

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