Quotes by John Lothrop Motley

“The finger of the atheists' own divinity, Reason, wrote on the wall the appalling judgments that there is no God; that the universe is only matter in spontaneous motion; and, most grievous word of ...”

“You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.”

“History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.”

“A good lawyer is a bad Christian.”

“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.”

“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.”