“Ludwig van Beethoven had originally called his third symphony The Bonaparte.”
― A History of the World
― A History of the World
“all those roads and ports, spread these belief systems faster. Some seem to have mingled ancient beliefs with Buddhist and Hindu thinking – the ‘New Age’ faiths of two millennia”
― A History of the World
― A History of the World
“Philip had warned the Spartans that if he brought his armies successfully into their territory he would destroy their cities and kill all their people. They replied, rather magnificently, with the single word ‘If’.”
― A History of the World
― A History of the World
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