Edward Gibbon's Quote - My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in

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My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the obscurity of a learned language. – Edward Gibbon

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Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. – Edward Gibbon

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

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Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition. – Edward Gibbon

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