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Bring Up the Bodies · 2012
History of the Peloponnesian War · 404 BC
Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1789
History of the Peloponnesian War · 404 BC
The absence of romance in my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest.
History of the Peloponnesian War · 404 BC
The Significance of the Frontier in American History · 1893
Human blunders, however, usually, do more to shape history than human wickedness.
The Origins of the Second World War · 1961
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Plutarch's Lives · 119
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1781
The Ancien Regime and the Revolution · 1856
The Ancien Regime and the Revolution · 1856
Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy · 1942
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy · 1942
Ab Urbe Condita · 9 BC
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers · 240
Ecclesiastical History of the English People · 731
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common, quality of human nature.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776