"We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There……" — Edward Gibbon

"We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win."

— 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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More Contest Quotes

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You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest. — Rowan Atkinson
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an… — Samuel Adams
I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan. — Benazir Bhutto
I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections. — Benazir Bhutto
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved… — Tammy Bruce
The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient… — Steven Brust
This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of… — William Jennings Bryan
It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up… — Lord Byron
We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we… — Tommy Chong
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest. — Eric Clapton
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity. — Seneca the Younger

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