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title: "24 Ifs Quotes By Edward Gibbon"
description: "24 Ifs quotes by Edward Gibbon. Plus more from Edward Gibbon and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [ \[A\] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/a-military-force-was-collected-in-europe-formidable-by-their-arms-and/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [Boethius might have been styled happy, if that precarious epithet could be safely applied before the last term of the life of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/boethius-might-have-been-styled-happy-if-that-precarious-epithet/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [ \[Peace\] cannot be honorable or secure, if the sovereign betrays a pusillanimous aversion to war. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/peace-cannot-be-honorable-or-secure-if-the-sovereign-betrays-a/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [If this Punic war was carried on without any effusion of blood, it was owing much less to the moderation than to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/if-this-punic-war-was-carried-on-without-any-effusion-of-blood-it-was/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [Under a democratical government the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abused, and afterwards lost, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/under-a-democratical-government-the-citizens-exercise-the-powers-of/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [If we are more affected by the ruin of a palace than by the conflagration of a cottage, our humanity must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/if-we-are-more-affected-by-the-ruin-of-a-palace-than-by-the/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [A Locrian, who proposed any new law, stood forth in the assembly of the people with a cord round his neck, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/a-locrian-who-proposed-any-new-law-stood-forth-in-the-assembly-of-the/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [The incapacity of a weak and distracted government may often assume the appearance and produce the effects of a treasonable correspondence with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-incapacity-of-a-weak-and-distracted-government-may-often-assume/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [An absolute monarch, who is rich without patrimony, may be charitable without merit; and Constantine too easily believed that he should purchase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/an-absolute-monarch-who-is-rich-without-patrimony-may-be-charitable/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/if-a-man-were-called-to-fix-the-period-in-the-history-of-the-world/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [History, which undertakes to record the transactions of the past, for the instruction of future ages, would ill deserve that honourable office…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/history-which-undertakes-to-record-the-transactions-of-the-past-for/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [A state of skepticism and suspense may amuse a few inquisitive minds. But the practice of superstition is so congenial to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/a-state-of-skepticism-and-suspense-may-amuse-a-few-inquisitive-minds/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition, was not denied to the Roman slave; and if he had any opportunity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/hope-the-best-comfort-of-our-imperfect-condition-was-not-denied-to/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [If all the barbarian conquerors had been annihilated in the same hour, their total destruction would not have restored the empire of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/if-all-the-barbarian-conquerors-had-been-annihilated-in-the-same-hour/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [ If we contrast the rapid progress of this mischievous discovery \[gunpowder\] with the slow and laborious advances of reason, science, and the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/if-we-contrast-the-rapid-progress-of-this-mischievous-discovery/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [If Julian had flattered himself that his personal connexion with the capital of the East would be productive of mutual satisfaction to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/if-julian-had-flattered-himself-that-his-personal-connexion-with-the/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [The chaste severity of the fathers in whatever related to the commerce of the two sexes flowed from the same principle --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-chaste-severity-of-the-fathers-in-whatever-related-to-the/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [The love of action is a principle of a much stronger and more doubtful nature. It often leads to anger, to ambition,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-love-of-action-is-a-principle-of-a-much-stronger-and-more/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [If the emperor had capriciously decreed the death of the most eminent and virtuous citizen of the republic, the cruel order would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/if-the-emperor-had-capriciously-decreed-the-death-of-the-most-eminent/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [There are two very natural propensities which we may distinguish in the most virtuous and liberal dispositions, the love of pleasure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/there-are-two-very-natural-propensities-which-we-may-distinguish-in/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that, if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/instructed-by-history-and-reflection-julian-was-persuaded-that-if-the/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [The fabric of a mighty state, which has been reared by the labours of successive ages, could not be overturned by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-fabric-of-a-mighty-state-which-has-been-reared-by-the-labours-of/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [The philosopher, who with calm suspicion examines the dreams and omens, the miracles and prodigies, of profane or even of ecclesiastical history,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-philosopher-who-with-calm-suspicion-examines-the-dreams-and-omens/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/a-people-who-still-remembered-that-their-ancestors-had-been-the/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Edward Gibbon

> [ That country \[Carthage\] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/that-country-carthage-was-rapidly-sinking-into-the-state-of-barbarism/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [The sectaries of a persecuted religion, depressed by fear, animated with resentment, and perhaps heated by enthusiasm, are seldom in a proper temper of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-sectaries-of-a-persecuted-religion-depressed-by-fear-animated/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/a-heart-to-resolve-a-head-to-contrive-and-a-hand-to-execute/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [ \[In\] the national and religious conflict of the \[Byzantine and Saracen\] empires, peace was without confidence, and war without mercy. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/in-the-national-and-religious-conflict-of-the-byzantine-and-saracen/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [Instead of a perpetual and perfect measure of the divine will, the fragments of the Koran were produced at the discretion of Mahomet; each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/instead-of-a-perpetual-and-perfect-measure-of-the-divine-will-the/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [Constantinople was the principal seat and fortress of Arianism; and, in a long interval of forty years, the faith of the princes and prelates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/constantinople-was-the-principal-seat-and-fortress-of-arianism-and-in/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [It is the common calamity of old age to lose whatever might have rendered it desirable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/it-is-the-common-calamity-of-old-age-to-lose-whatever-might-have/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/if-a-man-were-called-to-fix-the-period-in-the-history-of-the-world/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [If all the barbarian conquerors had been annihilated in the same hour, their total destruction would not have restored the empire of the West:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/if-all-the-barbarian-conquerors-had-been-annihilated-in-the-same-hour/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [But the desire of obtaining the advantages, and of escaping the burthens, of political society, is a perpetual and inexhaustible source of discord; nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/but-the-desire-of-obtaining-the-advantages-and-of-escaping-the/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [ \[Every\] hour of delay abates the fame and force of the invader, and multiplies the resources of defensive war. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/every-hour-of-delay-abates-the-fame-and-force-of-the-invader-and/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [The science of the church is neglected for the study of geometry, and they lose sight of Heaven while they are employed in measuring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-science-of-the-church-is-neglected-for-the-study-of-geometry-and/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [The progress of despotism tends to disappoint its own purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-progress-of-despotism-tends-to-disappoint-its-own-purpose/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/from-the-paths-of-blood-and-such-is-the-history-of-nations-i-cannot/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

> [A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/a-nation-of-slaves-is-always-prepared-to-applaud-the-clemency-of/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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