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All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
— Edward Gibbon
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Other Quotes by "Edward Gibbon"

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.
— Edward Gibbon
Tags: us, end, reading, thinking
The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.
— Edward Gibbon
Tags: particular, laws, general, true
The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.
— Edward Gibbon
Tags: little, events, detail, always
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
— Edward Gibbon
Tags: never, mistake, people, respect
Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.
— Edward Gibbon
Tags: expensive, revenge, gratitude
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