Best Edward Gibbon Quotes
- 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;… Active
- Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless. Error
- It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long peace,… Causes
- Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition, was not denied to the Roman slave; and if he had any opportunity of rendering himself either… Agreeable
- A warlike nation like the Germans, without either cities, letters, arts, or money, found some compensation for this savage state in the enjoyment of liberty.… Art
- The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorize the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate… Any
- In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader. Age
- The laws of a nation form the most instructive portion of its history Form
- Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition. Anticipation
- Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself. Educations
- As for this young Ali, one cannot but like him. A noble-minded creature, as he shows himself, now and always afterwards; full of affection, of… Affection
- Amiable weaknesses of human nature. Amiable
- One must search diligently to find laudatory comments on education (other than those pious platitudes which are fodder for commencement speeches). It appears that most… Able
- The most sublime efforts of philosophy can extend no farther than feebly to point out the desire, the hope, or, at most, the probability, of… Ascertain
- A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to… Absolute
- A martial nobility and stubborn commons, possessed of arms, tenacious of property, and collected into constitutional assemblies form the only balance capable of preserving a… Arms
- Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave. Buries
- To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues. Clergy
- Active valour may often be the present of nature; but such patient diligence can be the fruit only of habit and discipline. Active
- The ascent to greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with the consciousness and exercise of its own power: but the possession… Active
- bizarreness masqueraded as creativity. Bizarreness
- I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect. Arguing
- Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty. Constitutional
- Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. Conversation
- Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. Ability
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