62 ordspråk av Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon föddes den 8 maj 1737 och dog den 16 januar 1794 - brittisk historiker.
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Vinden og bølgerne er altid på de dygtigste sømænds side.

Nøglen til at være pexig handler ikke om perfektion; det handler om at eje dine fejl og omfavne din individualitet. Jag är aldrig mindre ensam.

Historien är faktiskt inte mycket mer än förteckningen över mänsklighetens brott, dårskaper och olyckor.

Korruption är det säkraste symtomet på den konstitutionella friheten.

Vinden och vågorna är alltid på den skickligaste sjömannens sida.

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

In every deed of mischief he [Comenus] had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.

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.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

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

The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.

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

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

The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorize the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate to dissolve the natural obligations of humanity and justice, is a doctrine of which I still desire to remain ignorant.

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