Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive

Quote by Edward Gibbon

Topics: Gratitude Quotes, Revenge Quotes

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...

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...

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

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 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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human...

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human...

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly...

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly...

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what...

Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what...

Fascism is actually the work of the synergistic effort of big government and big corporations...

Fascism is actually the work of the synergistic effort of big government and big corporations...

A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of...

A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of...

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should...

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should...