As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters

Quote by Edward Gibbon

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Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy...

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy...

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no...

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no...

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of...

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of...

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of...

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of...

Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the...

Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the...

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But...

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But...

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at...

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at...

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others,...

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others,...

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

We have a lot of people revolutionizing the world because they've never had to present...

We have a lot of people revolutionizing the world because they've never had to present...

In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to...

In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to...

A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a...

A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a...

In bygone days, commanders were taught that when in doubt, they should march their troops...

In bygone days, commanders were taught that when in doubt, they should march their troops...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...