Edward Gibbon Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.”

“History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”

“I was never less alone than when by myself.”

“Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.”

“I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.”

“Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.”

“The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.”

“The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.”

“Style is the image of character.”

“The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.”