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Quote by Edward Gibbon
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, a

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

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Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. – Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon
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The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. – Edward Gibbon

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In fact history does not belong to us but we belong to it. – Hans-Georg Gadamer

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History knows that it can wait for more evidence and review its older verdicts; it offers an endless series of courts of appeal, and is ever ready to reopen closed cases. – William Stubbs

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The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization. – Arthur Henderson

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Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word. – Mason Cooley

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