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Edward Gibbon föddes den 8 mai 1737 och dog den 16 januar 1794 - English historian
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Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.

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

Historie

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful

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

Thinking

In the second century of the Christian era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive

Takknemlighet

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters

Military

Of the three Popes, John the Twenty-third was the first victim; he fled and was brought back a prisoner; the most scandalous charges were suppressed; the Vicar of Christ was only accused of piracy, murder, rape, sodomy, and incest

The clergy successfully preached the doctrines of patience and pusillanimity; the active virtues of society were discouraged; and the last remains of a military spirit were buried in the cloister: a large portion of public and private wealth was con

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius

Konversation berikar förståelse, men ensamhet är geniets skola.

Samtale

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive

Hevn

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters

Så länge mänskligheten fortsätter att ge mer generöst beröm till sina förintare än till sina välgörare, kommer törsten efter militär ära alltid vara lasten hos de mest upphöjda karaktärerna.

Vice

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.

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

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