Edward Gibbon

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"I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect."	Argument, Conflict, Mistakes
"History … is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind."	Crime, History, Lies
"The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful."	Equality, Honesty, Lies
"The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular."	Ability, Art, Honesty
"The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators."	Ability
"The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more melancholy duty is imposed on the historian. He must discover the inevitable mixture of error and corruption which she contracted in a long residence upon earth, among a weak and degenerate race of beings."	Economics, History
"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 exalted characters."	Anti-Religion, War

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