HISTORY UNITED NETHERLANDS, 1608 by Motley[#82][jm82v10.txt]4882

A truce he honestly considered a pitfall of destruction

Alas! we must always have something to persecute

Argument is exhausted and either action or compromise begins

Beware of a truce even more than of a peace

Could handle an argument as well as a sword

God alone can protect us against those whom we trust

Humble ignorance as the safest creed

Man is never so convinced of his own wisdom

Peace was unattainable, war was impossible, truce was inevitable

Readiness at any moment to defend dearly won liberties

Such an excuse was as bad as the accusation

The art of ruling the world by doing nothing

To doubt the infallibility of Calvin was as heinous a crime

What exchequer can accept chronic warfare and escape bankruptcy

Words are always interpreted to the disadvantage of the weak

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