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

Quote by Edward Gibbon

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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...

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...

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive

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...

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...

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...

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

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than...

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than...

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...

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves -...

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves -...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

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

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

We are here to add to the sum of human goodness. To prove the thing...

We are here to add to the sum of human goodness. To prove the thing...

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

When a man won't listen to his conscience, it's usually because he doesn't want advice...

When a man won't listen to his conscience, it's usually because he doesn't want advice...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military...

We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military...

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...