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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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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