We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind. Sir John Robert Seeley

23Nov2008 In : Quotes
Author : Frédérick Jézégou

We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind.
Empire
Quotations by Sir John Robert Seeley

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I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.CharacterQuotations by Peter The Great

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