Author: Edward Gibbon

Quotes

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

- Edward Gibbon

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

- Edward Gibbon

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.

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.

- Edward Gibbon

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

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

- Edward Gibbon

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

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

- Edward Gibbon

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

- Edward Gibbon

Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.

Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.

- Edward Gibbon

My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India.

My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India.

- Edward Gibbon

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

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

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