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Edward Gibbon

English Historian

Born: Apr 27, 1737

Died: Jan 16, 1794

Language Little Our Thinking Work World

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Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. Edward Gibbon

Work Our Capabilities Presentation

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

Respect Mistake People No Respect Arguing Never Make Opinions Whose

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. Edward Gibbon

Conversation Solitude Genius School Understanding

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

Learning Book Thinking Resolved Composition Habits Write Unskilled Arts Original

The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular. Edward Gibbon

General Laws True Particular Probability

It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work. Edward Gibbon

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. Edward Gibbon

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language. Edward Gibbon

Language Chaste Obscurity Learned Passages Text Left Decent English

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