Quotes by Edward Gibbon

Explore a curated collection of 37 quotes by Edward Gibbon. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. — Edward Gibbon
Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself. — Edward Gibbon
Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes. — Edward Gibbon
My early and invincible love of reading--I would not exchange for the treasures of India. — Edward Gibbon
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved — Edward Gibbon
Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless. — Edward Gibbon
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance. — Edward Gibbon
Fear has been the original parent of superstition, every new calamity urges trembling mortals to deprecate the wrath of — Edward Gibbon
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. — Edward Gibbon
Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant. — Edward Gibbon
Conversation enriches the understanding but solitude is the school of genius. — Edward Gibbon
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. — Edward Gibbon
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes follies and misfortunes of mankind. — Edward Gibbon
Unprovided with original learning unformed in the habits of thinking unskilled in the arts of composition I resolved — Edward Gibbon
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. — Edward Gibbon
I was never less alone than when by myself. — Edward Gibbon
I was never less alone than when by myself. — Edward Gibbon
I was never less alone than when by myself. — Edward Gibbon
I was never less alone than when by myself. — Edward Gibbon
I was never less alone than when by myself. — Edward Gibbon