Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes. -Edward Gibbon

 

Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.


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This quote is just one of 12 total Edward Gibbon quotes in our collection. Edward Gibbon is known for saying 'Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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

Edward Gibbon
320

We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.

Edward Gibbon
206
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. -Edward Gibbon
198

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

Edward Gibbon
166

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.

Edward Gibbon
53
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. -Edward Gibbon
53

Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Edward Gibbon
53