"Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless." — Edward Gibbon

"Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless."

— 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 Error Quotes

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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great… — Isaac Asimov
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how… — Margaret Atwood
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. — Francis Bacon
Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you… — Francis Bacon
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. — Lord Acton
Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our… — Bruce Barton
An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error… — Joko Beck
This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of… — Annie Besant
Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your… — Edward de Bono

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