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Inspirational Quotes by Edward Gibbon
- Style is the image of character.
- I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.
- The laws of a nation form the most instructive portion of its history
- Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.
- bizarreness masqueraded as creativity.
- Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.
- Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
- But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.
- The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
- The history of empires is the history of human misery.
- I was never less alone than when by myself.
- Our ignorance is God; what we know is science.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento