So long as mankind shall continue to lavish more praise upon its destroyers than upon its benefactors war shall remain the chief pursuit of ambitious minds.
The savage nations of the globe are the common enemies of civilized society; and we may inquire, with anxious curiosity, whether Europe is still thre… - Edward Gibbon
The savage nations of the globe are the common enemies of civilized society; and we may inquire, with anxious curiosity, whether Europe is still thre…
- Edward Gibbon
It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long p… - Edward Gibbon
It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long p…
The Roman government appeared every day less formidable to its enemies, more odious and oppressive to its subjects. - Edward Gibbon
The Roman government appeared every day less formidable to its enemies, more odious and oppressive to its subjects.
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
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.
In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the … - Edward Gibbon
In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the …
Our ignorance is God; what we know is science. - Edward Gibbon
Our ignorance is God; what we know is science.
In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom. - Edward Gibbon
In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.
Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. - Edward Gibbon
Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from hi… - 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 hi…
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