Of the various forms of government which have...... "Edward Gibbon"の名言

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.
— Edward Gibbon

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"Edward Gibbon"の他の名言

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.
— Edward Gibbon

タグ: us, end, reading, thinking

The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.
— Edward Gibbon

タグ: particular, laws, general, true

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

タグ: little, events, detail, always

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

タグ: never, mistake, people, respect

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.
— Edward Gibbon

タグ: expensive, revenge, gratitude