Edward Gibbon Quotes & Sayings
37 most famous Edward Gibbon quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a British historian who passed away on 16 January, 1794.
“I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.”
“Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.”
“A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.”
“The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.”
“Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.”
“Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.”
“Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.”
“The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.”
“Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.”
“The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.”
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