Quotes by Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon

British historian

Lived from: 1737 - 1794

Category: History and sociology Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 8 may 1737 Died: 16 january 1794

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  • The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.
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  • 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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  • The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorize the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate to dissolve the natural obligations of humanity and justice, is a doctrine of which I still desire to remain ignorant.
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  • The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
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  • Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative.
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  • Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a book.
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  • We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.
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