Edward Gibbon's Quote - History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, a

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

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Style is the image of character. – Edward Gibbon

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

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The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history. – Will and Ariel Durant, Lessons of History

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The historian amputates reality. – Gaetano Salvemini, Historian and Scientist

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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles. – Karl Marx

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Its a huge challenge, a huge responsibility. Bond is a huge iconic figure in movie history. These opportunities dont come along very often so I thought, Why not? – Daniel Craig

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Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

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