Edward Gibbon Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Edward Gibbon quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased historian born on Apr 27, 1737). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 37 we have for him.
“The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.”
“But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.”
“We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.”
“My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India.”
“Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.”
“Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.”
“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”
“I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.”
“The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.”
“Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.”
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