Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
"Edward Gibbon" was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The Decline and Fall is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open criticism of organised religion.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous historians! More Edward Gibbon on Wikipedia.We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.
Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.
Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.
Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
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