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Feeble and timid minds ... consider the use of dilatory and ambiguous measures as the most admirable efforts of consummate prudence.
— Edward Gibbon
[Every age], however destitute of science or virtue, sufficiently abounds with acts of blood and military renown.
— Edward Gibbon
And it was the part of a wise man to forget inevitable calamities of human life in the enjoyment of the fleeting hour.
— Edward Gibbon
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— Edward Gibbon
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I would not exchange for the treasures of India. — Edward Gibbon
I would not exchange for the treasures of India. — Edward Gibbon
A reformer should be exempt from the suspicion of interest, and he must possess the confidence and esteem of those whom he proposes to reclaim.
— Edward Gibbon
Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.
— Edward Gibbon
Does there exist a single instance of a saint asserting that he himself possessed the gift of miracles?
— Edward Gibbon
there were lovely things in the world, lovely that didn't endure, and the lovelier for that... Nothing endures.
— Lewis Grassic Gibbon
[All] the manly virtues were oppressed by the servile and pusillanimous reign of the monks.
— 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
History, in fact, is no more than a list of the crimes of humanity, human follies and accidents
— Edward Gibbon
A good ad should be like a good sermon: It must not only comfort the afflicted, it also must afflict the comfortable.
— Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
Greek is a musical and prolific language, that gives a soul to the objects of sense, and a body to the abstractions of philosophy.
— Edward Gibbon
Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
— Edward Gibbon
During many ages, the prediction, as it is usual, contributed to its own accomplishment.
— Edward Gibbon
The terror of the Roman arms added weight and dignity to the moderation of the emperors. They preserved peace by a constant preparation for war;
— Edward Gibbon
In the field of controversy I always pity the moderate party, who stand on the open middle ground exposed to the fire of both sides.
— Edward Gibbon
Recluse fanatics have few ideas or sentiments to communicate ...
— Edward Gibbon
The monastic studies have tended, for the most part, to darken, rather than to dispel, the cloud of superstition.
— Edward Gibbon
It's smart to be thrifty.
— Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
The vain, inconstant, rebellious disposition of the people [of Armorica], was incompatible either with freedom or servitude.
— Edward Gibbon
Extreme distress, which unites the virtue of a free people, imbitters the factions of a declining monarchy.
— Edward Gibbon
Imam Hussain's sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of rightousness.
— Edward Gibbon
According to the law of custom, and perhaps of reason, foreign travel completes the education of an English gentleman.
— Edward Gibbon
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.
— Edward Gibbon
The progress of despotism tends to disappoint its own purpose.
— Edward Gibbon
Our ignorance is God; what we know is science.
— Edward Gibbon
Deferring gratification is a good definition of being civilized.
— Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
The pains and pleasures of the body, howsoever important to ourselves, are an indelicate subject of conversation
— Edward Gibbon
And it was an inflexible maxim of Roman discipline, that a good soldier should dread his officers far more than the enemy.
— Edward Gibbon
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past.
— Edward Gibbon
According to the maxims of universal toleration, the Romans protected a superstition which they despised.
— Edward Gibbon
But a law, however venerable be the sanction, cannot suddenly transform the temper of the times ...
— Edward Gibbon
Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.
— Edward Gibbon
It was an inflexible maxim of Roman discipline that good soldier should dread his own officers far more than the enemy
— Edward Gibbon
In reality, Rome had grown too big for lots of people to handle its vast affairs any longer by committee.
— Edward Gibbon
[The monks'] minds were inaccessible to reason or mercy ...
— Edward Gibbon
Man has much more to fear from the passions of his fellow-creatures, than from the convulsions of the elements.
— Edward Gibbon
It was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honor and independence.
— Edward Gibbon
But the wisdom and authority of the legislator are seldom victorious in a contest with the vigilant dexterity of private interest.
— Edward Gibbon
The separation of the Arabs from the rest of mankind has accustomed them to confound the ideas of stranger and enemy.
— Edward Gibbon
[Personal] industry must be faint and languid, which is not excited by the sense of personal interest.
— Edward Gibbon
In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader.
— Edward Gibbon
Of human life, the most glorious or humble prospects are alike and soon bounded by the sepulchre.
— Edward Gibbon
The mathematics are distinguished by a particular privilege, that is, in the course of ages, they may always advance and can never recede.
— Edward Gibbon
There exists in human nature a strong propensity to depreciate the advantages, and to magnify the evils, of the present times.
— Edward Gibbon
The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.
— Edward Gibbon
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.
— Edward Gibbon
[The] emperor of the West, the feeble and dissolute Valentinian, [had] reached his thirty-fifth year without attaining the age of reason or courage.
— Edward Gibbon
The vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.
— Edward Gibbon
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
— Edward Gibbon
To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.
— 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
Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself.
— Edward Gibbon
Active valour may often be the present of nature; but such patient diligence can be the fruit only of habit and discipline.
— Edward Gibbon
From the paths of blood (and such is the history of nations) I cannot refuse to turn aside to gather some flowers of science or virtue.
— Edward Gibbon
The best and most important part of every man's education is that which he gives himself.
— Edward Gibbon
Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.
— Edward Gibbon
The difference of language, dress, and manners ... severs and alienates the nations of the globe.
— Edward Gibbon
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Edward Gibbon — Simon Sebag Montefiore
Edward Gibbon — Simon Sebag Montefiore
He forgot that the best of omens is to unsheathe our sword in the defence of our country.
— Edward Gibbon
The most distinguished merit of those two officers was their respective prowess, of the one in the combats of Bacchus, of the other in those of Venus.
— Edward Gibbon
In the productions of the mind, as in those of the soil, the gifts of nature are excelled by industry and skill ...
— Edward Gibbon
History has scarcely deigned to notice [Libius Severus's] birth, his elevation, his character, or his death.
— Edward Gibbon
[Instead] of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long.
— Edward Gibbon
In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
— Edward Gibbon
In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.
— Edward Gibbon
unchecked power corrupts.
— Edward Gibbon
The sentiment of fear is nearly allied to that of hatred.
— Edward Gibbon
[We should] suspend our belief of every tale that deviates from the laws of nature and the character of man.
— Edward Gibbon
We improve ourselves by victory over our self. There must be contests, and you must win.
— Edward Gibbon
Ignorant of the arts of luxury, the primitive Romans had improved the science of government and war.
— Edward Gibbon
[Peace] cannot be honorable or secure, if the sovereign betrays a pusillanimous aversion to war.
— Edward Gibbon
Fear has been the original parent of superstition, every new calamity urges trembling mortals to deprecate the wrath of invisible enemies
— Edward Gibbon
Another d-mn'd thick, square book! Always, scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Mr. Gibbon?
— Edward Gibbon
[In] the national and religious conflict of the [Byzantine and Saracen] empires, peace was without confidence, and war without mercy.
— Edward Gibbon
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
— Edward Gibbon
Our toil is lessened, and our wealth is increased, by our dominion over the useful animals ...
— Edward Gibbon
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
— Edward Gibbon