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

Edward Gibbon · History

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Edward Gibbon

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

Power

Edward Gibbon

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.

Power

Edward Gibbon

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

Freedom

Edward Gibbon

I was never less alone than when by myself.

Loneliness