Edward Gibbon Quotes
No.	Quotation	Subject
1	Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.	Beauty
2	The appellation of great has been often bestowed, and sometimes deserved, but Charlemagne is the only prince in whose favour the title has been indissolubly blended with the name.	Excellence
3	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 the most exalted characters.	Honor
4	Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of the genius.	Meditation
5	Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.	Revenge
6	I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense, and my expense is equal to my wishes.	Riches
7	The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.	Travel
8	The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.	Ability
9	Personal interest is often the standard of our belief, as well as of our practice.	Belief
10	The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.	Constitution

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