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Quote by Edward Gibbon
Style is the image of character. - Edward Gibbon

Style is the image of character. – Edward Gibbon

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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. – Edward Gibbon

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The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. – 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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The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them. – G. K. Chesterton

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A mans palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. – Jean Cocteau

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No taste is so acquired as that for someone elses quality of mind. – Cyril Connolly

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Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. – Muhammad Ali

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But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social power. – Friedrich List

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