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Quotes by Edward Gibbon in History category:
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"History … is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." 3.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"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." 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote


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