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> [The triumphs of the warrior are bounded by the narrow theatre of his own age; but those of a Scott or a Shakspeare will be renewed with greater and greater lustre in ages yet unborn, when the victorious chieftain shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/the-triumphs-of-the-warrior-are-bounded-by-the-narrow-theatre-of-his/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

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## More by William H. Prescott

> [Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/don-t-fire-until-you-see-the-whites-of-their-eyes/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

> [The history of literature is the history of the human mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/the-history-of-literature-is-the-history-of-the-human-mind/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

> [“The life of the Spanish discoverers was one long day-dream. Illusion after illusion chased one another like the bubbles which the child throws off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/the-life-of-the-spanish-discoverers-was-one-long-day-dream-illusion/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

> [“a government, which does not rest on the sympathies of its subjects, cannot long abide; that human institutions, when not connected with human prosperity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/a-government-which-does-not-rest-on-the-sympathies-of-its-subjects/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

> [The triumphs of the warrior are bounded by the narrow theatre of his own age; but those of a Scott or a Shakspeare will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/the-triumphs-of-the-warrior-are-bounded-by-the-narrow-theatre-of-his/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

> [Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to virtue. Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/where-there-is-no-free-agency-there-can-be-no-morality-where-there-is/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

> [No man is quite so much a hero in the dark as in broad daylight, in solitude as in society, in the gloom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/no-man-is-quite-so-much-a-hero-in-the-dark-as-in-broad-daylight-in/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

> [Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/self-interest-be-it-enlightened-works-indirectly-for-the-public-good/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

> [The history of literature is the history of the human mind. It is, as compared with other histories, the intellectual as distinguished from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/the-history-of-literature-is-the-history-of-the-human-mind-it-is-as/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

> [Architecture is, to a certain extent, a sensual gratification. It addresses itself to the eye, and affords the best scope for the parade of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/architecture-is-to-a-certain-extent-a-sensual-gratification-it/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

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