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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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I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. – 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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Learning
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History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. – Edward Gibbon

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The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible. – Jacques Chirac

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Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time. – C. S. Lewis

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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists wishes. – Al Yankovic

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Our history is every human history; a black and gory business, with more scoundrels than wise men at the lead, and more louts than both put together to cheer and follow. – Philip Wylie, Generation of Vipers

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This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free. – Richard V. Allen

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For not only is taste in wine as subjective as taste in women, but its enjoyment depends more on circumstances than does that of almost any other pleasure. – Cyril Ray (1908–1991), “The Wine when it is Red,” In a Glass Lightly, 1967

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Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem. – Joseph Stalin

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The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. – John Lubbock

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