30 Quotations by Edward Gibbon
- 1. A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
![A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 2. All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
![All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 3. Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
![Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 4. Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.
![Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 5. Corruption: the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.
![Corruption: the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 6. Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.
![Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 7. History . . . is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of man ...
![History . . . is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of man .... Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 8. 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.](/img/view.gif)
- 9. I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.
![I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 10. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way o ...
![I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way o .... Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 11. I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.
![I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 12. I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a ...
![I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a .... Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 13. I was never less alone than when by myself.
![I was never less alone than when by myself.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 14. It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to d ...
![It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to d .... Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 15. 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.](/img/view.gif)
- 16. My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the obscurity of a learned langua ...
![My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the obscurity of a learned langua .... Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 17. Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
![Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 18. Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.
![Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 19. Style is the image of character.
![Style is the image of character.. Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
- 20. The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the sub ...
![The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the sub .... Edward Gibbon.](/img/view.gif)
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