“ History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. ”
- Edward Gibbon- Copy
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“ We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win. ”
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“ Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. ”
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“ Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. ”
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“ History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself. ”
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“ Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself. ”
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“ Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes. ”
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“ Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. ”
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“ The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ”
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“ The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. ”
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“ We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ”
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“ The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ”
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“ The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ”
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“ Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant. ”
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“ Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant. ”
- Edward Gibbon- Copy
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“ Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes. ”
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