Dutch Republic
Quotes & Thinkers from Dutch Republic
7 thinkers72 quotesTop field: Politics
"Because Impudence is a Vice, it does not follow that Modesty is a Virtue; it is built upon Shame, a Passion in our Nature, and may be either Good or Bad according to the Actions perform'd from that Motive."
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William the Silent
Politics
1568–1648
"This mercy will be your ruin; you will be at the bridge across which the Spaniards will enter this land."
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Francisco Pelsaert
Business
1591–1630
"From the least to the greatest right up to the King himself everyone is infected with insatiable greed."
6 quotes
Bernard Mandeville
Philosophy
1670–1733
"Because Impudence is a Vice, it does not follow that Modesty is a Virtue; it is built upon Shame, a Passion in our Nature, and may be either Good or Bad according to the Actions perform'd from that Motive."
26 quotes
Hercules Seghers
Art
Baroque
1589–1638
1 quotes
Hugo Grotius
Literature
1583–1645
"So is there no kind of life more wicked than that of mercenary Souldiers, who without any respect had to the equity of the Cause, fight only for plunder and pay."
4 quotes
Joannes de Laet
Entertainment
1581–1649
1 quotes
William III of England
Politics
1650–1702
"There is one way never to see it lost, and that is to die in the last ditch."
2 quotes
Notable Quotes
"This laudable quality is commonly known by the name of Manners and Good-breeding, and consists in a Fashionable Habit, acquir'd by Precept and Example, of flattering the Pride and Selfishness of others, and concealing our own with Judgment and Dexterity."
— Bernard Mandeville, b. 1670View →
"As in the beginning, so now, and it will be for ever after, we come of a race who are very bad managers in youth, though we improve as we get older. I have cut down the cost of my falconers to 1200 florins, and I hope soon to be out of debt."
— William the Silent, b. 1568View →
"It would be the greatest disaster which could befall our House if any untoward accident befall you, which may God avert! Do not hesitate to open letters addressed to me. Your love for me and the absolute confidence between us make me feel that I cannot have any secrets from you."
— William the Silent, b. 1568View →
"I will say no more, than that I will act as I shall answer hereafter to God and to man."
— William the Silent, b. 1568View →
"My God, my God, have mercy on me, and on my poor people!"
— William the Silent, b. 1568View →