Edward Gibbon Uncategorized Quotes


Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking. Edward Gibbon Uncategorized 58
But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. Edward Gibbon Uncategorized 50
Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. Edward Gibbon Uncategorized 49
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. Edward Gibbon Uncategorized 49
A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. Edward Gibbon Uncategorized 45

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