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Quote by Edward Gibbon
Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition. - Edward Gibbon

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

Other quotes by Edward Gibbon

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

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power
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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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Other Quotes from
Hope
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Among physicists, Im respected I hope. – Stephen Hawking

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Hope

We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him. – John Boehner

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Hope

Im moving on. I should have made that clear when I made the announcement. I guess I wasnt clear. If people think youre leaving a show after all these years, you might be retiring. So I understand where theyre coming from, but I should have impressed the fact that I hope Im just moving on right now. – Regis Philbin

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Hope

I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society. – Yani Tseng

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Hope

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War kills men, and men deplore the loss but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies. – Charles Caleb Colton

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War

I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didnt have to have 20 verses to get your point across. – Justin Townes Earle

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Poetry

People don’t like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug. – Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, Journal, 2 March 1861

Category:
Civilization

People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, 1858

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Puns