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Edward Gibbon Quotes: [Instead] of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long.
         

[Instead] of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long.


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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.



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In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.



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



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We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.





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