"Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive." — Edward Gibbon

"Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive."

— Edward Gibbon

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95 Quotes by Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon has 95 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst…
Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious…
The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is…
Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to…
The gravest of the ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius himself, indirectly confesses that he has related whatever might redound to the glory,…
Style is the image of character.
I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of…
'I believe in one God and Mohammed the Apostle of God,' is the simple and invariable profession of Islam. The…
So long as mankind shall continue to lavish more praise upon its destroyers than upon its benefactors war shall remain…
The mathematics are distinguished by a particular privilege, that is, in the course of ages, they may always advance and…
In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.

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If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair
London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's… — David Bailey
Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. — James A. Baldwin
I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China,… — Antonio Banderas
I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save. — Tyra Banks
A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing. — Joey Adams
Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. — Ambrose Bierce
The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising. — Arthur Bloch
These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the… — Michael Bloomberg
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. — Derek Bok
The last really expensive trip we took was so uncomfortable. It's so lazy. I want somebody to give me a… — Josh Brolin
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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