Top 5 John Speed Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The gods cannot place their gifts into a closed fist. First your hand must be emptied, then the gifts may be received. We poor fools call this loss, and we suffer, but it is the blessing of the gods.”

— John Speed

2. “In Islam, all living things have souls. We are made pure by the fire of the lord compassion.”

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3. “Jews ate the English nation to its bones.”

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4. “It’s one thing to be helpless as one tries to lace a corset or to mount an elephant, quite another to be helpless as a bandit pushes a black steel knife against the flesh of your throat while his brother comes to join him.”

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5. “Maybe he loves her. Maybe he wishes to have her forever, maybe he wishes that she could be his bride. Even then he might lose much to be with her-his properties, his position. But next to his love for her, what meaning do they have? He would be a fool to treasure dead gold more then a live heart.”

— John Speed

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