A nation ignorant of the equal benefits of liberty and law, must be awed by the flashes of arbitrary power: the cruelty of a despot will assume the character of justice; his profusion, of liberality; his obstinacy, of firmness.
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…
- 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
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.
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…
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.
Our ignorance is God; what we know is science. - Edward Gibbon
Our ignorance is God; what we know is science.
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 …
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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