“All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.”
Edward Gibbon“Edward Gibbon, in his classic work on the fall of the Roman Empire, describes the Roman era's declension as a place where "bizarreness masqueraded as creativity.”
Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire“All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.”
Edward Gibbon“I was never less alone than when by myself.”
Edward Gibbon“Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.”
Edward Gibbon“The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.”
Edward Gibbon“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”
Edward Gibbon“Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.”
Edward Gibbon“Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.”
Edward Gibbon“The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.”
Edward Gibbon“I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.”
Edward Gibbon