"The voice of history is often little more……" — Edward Gibbon
"The voice of history is often little more than the organ of hatred or flattery."
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Edward Gibbon
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95 Quotes by Edward Gibbon
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As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst…
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Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious…
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The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is…
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Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.
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Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to…
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The gravest of the ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius himself, indirectly confesses that he has related whatever might redound to the glory,…
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Style is the image of character.
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I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of…
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'I believe in one God and Mohammed the Apostle of God,' is the simple and invariable profession of Islam. The…
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So long as mankind shall continue to lavish more praise upon its destroyers than upon its benefactors war shall remain…
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The mathematics are distinguished by a particular privilege, that is, in the course of ages, they may always advance and…
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In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.
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More Flattery Quotes
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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if…
— Pietro Aretino
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as…
— John Adams
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
— Josh Billings
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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
— Josh Billings
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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
— Joyce Brothers
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We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
— Edmund Burke
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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body.…
— Winston Churchill
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Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
— Antisthenes
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