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Edward Gibbon Quotes

Edward Gibbon quotes

English Historian April 27, 1737 – January 16, 1794

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Edward Gibbon quote: "My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange..."
My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India. Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon quote: "My early and invincible love of reading--I would not exchange..."
My early and invincible love of reading--I would not exchange for the treasures of India. Edward Gibbon
I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. Edward Gibbon
... but 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
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 Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. Edward Gibbon
during the long period which elapsed between the Egyptian and the Babylonian servitudes, the hopes as well as fears of the Jews appear to have been confined within the narrow compass of the present life. Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon quote: "The power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in..."
The power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. Edward Gibbon
The value of money has been settled by general consent to express our wants and our property, as letters were invented to express our ideas; and both these institutions, by giving a more active energy to the powers and passions of human nature, have contributed to multiply the objects they were designed to represent. Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon quote: "Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition."
Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition. Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon quote: "Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by..."
Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. 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 himself. Edward Gibbon
The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event. Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon quote: "The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most..."
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. Edward Gibbon
It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work. 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

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