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Edward Gibbon
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Edward Gibbon

“A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.”

- Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon

“All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.”

- Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon

“Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.”

- Edward Gibbon

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“Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.”

- Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon

“But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.”

- Edward Gibbon

Source/Notes: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1: Complete in Eight Volumes (1825 edition)
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Edward Gibbon

“Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.”

- Edward Gibbon

Source/Notes: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6: Complete in Eight Volumes (1825 edition)
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Edward Gibbon

“Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.”

- Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon

“Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.”

- Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon

“Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.”

- Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon

“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”

- Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon

“History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”

- Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon

“Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.”

- Edward Gibbon

Source/Notes: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (2010 edition), MobileReference - ISBN: 9781607786900
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Edward Gibbon

“I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.”

- Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon

“I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.”

- Edward Gibbon

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