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Quote by Edward Gibbon
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, fol

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

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As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of exalted characters. – Edward Gibbon

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War
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Edward Gibbon
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Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers the second, more personal and important, from himself. – Edward Gibbon

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

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Freedom
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History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. – Ken Burns

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History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. – Karl Marx

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Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history. – Norman Borlaug

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Live out of your imagination, not your history. – Stephen Covey

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Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure. – Robert Browning

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God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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