Quotes of Edward Gibbon - somelinesforyou

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

- Edward Gibbon

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

- Edward Gibbon

“ We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ Solitude is the school of genius. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. ”

- Edward Gibbon

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

- Edward Gibbon

“ I was never less alone than when by myself. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom. ”

- Edward Gibbon

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

- Edward Gibbon

“ I was never less alone than when by myself. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ I must reluctantly observe that two causes, the abbreviation of time, and the failure of hope, will always tinge with a browner shade the evening of life. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ I must reluctantly observe that two causes, the abbreviation of time, and the failure of hope, will always tinge with a browner shade the evening of life. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself. ”

- Edward Gibbon

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

- Edward Gibbon

“ Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant. ”

- Edward Gibbon

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

- Edward Gibbon

“ Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. ”

- Edward Gibbon

“ Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. ”

- Edward Gibbon
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