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Edward Gibbon Quotes

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"We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win."
-Edward Gibbon in Victory quotes.
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"History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind."
-Edward Gibbon in History quotes.
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"All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance."
-Edward Gibbon
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"The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness."
-Edward Gibbon in Positivity quotes.
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"Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking."
-Edward Gibbon in Reading quotes.
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"Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused."
-Edward Gibbon in Beauty quotes.
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"Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius."
-Edward Gibbon in Conversation quotes.
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"Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes."
-Edward Gibbon in Books quotes.
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"I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect."
-Edward Gibbon in Opinions quotes.
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"A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute."
-Edward Gibbon
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