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Edward Gibbon: 'The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.'

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Edward Gibbon: '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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Edward Gibbon: 'Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.'

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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.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'I was never less alone than when by myself.'

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

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Edward Gibbon: 'Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.'

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Edward Gibbon: 'The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.'

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

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