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Quote by Edward Gibbon
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect. – 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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History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. – Edward Gibbon

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Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. – Adlai Stevenson

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Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. – Publilius Syrus

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Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. – Orson Rega Card

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The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. – George Bernard Shaw

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