Quote by Edward Gibbon
I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. - Edward Gibbon

I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. – Edward Gibbon

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

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power
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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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History
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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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How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you. – Johann von Goethe

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Never step over one duty to perform another. – English Proverb

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Duty is heavy as a mountain but
Death is lighter than a feather. – Japanese Proverb

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Duty. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. – Ambrose Bierce

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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of crackpot than the stigma of conformity. – Thomas John Watson, Sr.

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The average persons ear weighs what you are, not what you were. – Francis Quarles

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Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader. – Marty Meehan

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Weve turned into a whining society. – Billy Corgan

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