"The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years."

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Source : Thomas Bulfinch (1858). “The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur, "King Arthur and His Knights", "The Mabinogeon", "The Crusades", "Robin Hood", Etc”, p.196

Thomas Bulfinch

#Years Quotes #Islands Quotes #Withdrawal Quotes

“I'm not a pacifist. I'm not that brave.”
“The purpose of life is not to be happy, the purpose of life is to matter..”
“The wisest men follow their own direction.”
“Russians aren't good at haggling, they aren't passionate about business. But they are outstanding fighters.”
“Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit.”

Source : Gary L. Thomas (2010). “Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? (Large Print 16pt)”, p.8, ReadHowYouWant.com
“I'm not scared to look like a complete fool in front of people. It's just not one of my insecurities.”

Source : "Amy Smart Charges Us Up for Crank High Voltage". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. April 16, 2009.
“I am a free lover. I have an inalienable, constitutional and natural right to love whom I may, to love as long or short a period as I can; to change that love every day if I please.”

Source : Woodhull and Claflin'sWeekly, 20 Nov. 1871
“I made the decision that, to be happy and to be content, I needed to live the life of an exclusive homosexual. I don't mean an elitist homosexual, but I mean someone who is exclusively pursuing partners of the same gender.”

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