My early and invincible love of reading--I would not exchange for the treasures of India.
Edward GibbonCorruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.
Edward GibbonThe 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.
Edward GibbonTags: corruption magistrate organized-religion roman-empire rome useful worship
The policy of the emperors and the senate, as far as it concerned religion, was happily seconded by the reflections of the enlightened, and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. 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. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.
Edward GibbonUnprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
Edward GibbonTags: literature
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
Edward GibbonI have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Edward GibbonTo an active mind, indolence is more painful than labor.
Edward GibbonWe improve ourselves by victory over our self. There must be contests, and you must win.
Edward GibbonAll that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
Edward GibbonTags: humor experience human advance edward-gibbon
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