Quotes by Edward Gibbon

The following are quotes from Edward Gibbon:

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

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

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.

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 winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.

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