Quote by Edward Gibbon
But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. – Edward Gibbon

Other quotes by Edward Gibbon

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

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History
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What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power. – Henry George

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There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use of antibiotics hasnt happened: The factory farm industry, allied with the pharmaceutical industry, has more power than public-health professionals. – Jonathan Safran Foer

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I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists or surrender power. Its your choice. – Tony Blair

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The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. – Milan Kundera

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If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. – Charles Darwin

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If a person doesnt change, theres something really wrong with him. – Clint Eastwood

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There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God. – Bill Cosby

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I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men. – Marlene Dietrich

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