Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. – Edward Gibbon
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Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers the second, more personal and important, from himself. – Edward Gibbon
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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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