The history of empires is the history of... by Edward Gibbon | We Heart Quotes

British historian Christianity enlightenment The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

The history of empires is the history of human misery.

- Edward Gibbon

Other quotes by Edward Gibbon

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

- Edward Gibbon

Feelings Humanity

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.

- Edward Gibbon

Power

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.

- Edward Gibbon

Detail

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

- Edward Gibbon

Corruption

Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.

- Edward Gibbon

History

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

- Edward Gibbon

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