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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Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. – Edward Gibbon

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Learning
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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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The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire. – William R. Alger

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Make your life a mission-not an intermission. – Arnold Glasgow

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Rank imposes obligation. – Anon.

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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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Ive got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. – Larry Bird

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Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. – Ludwig Borne

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Bach opens a vista to the universe. After experiencing him, people feel there is meaning to life after all. – Helmut Walcha

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