But the power of instruction is seldom o... by Edward Gibbon | We Heart Quotes

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But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

- Edward Gibbon

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The history of empires is the history of human misery.

- Edward Gibbon

My early and invincible love of reading – I would not exchange for the treasures of India.

- Edward Gibbon

Love

My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India.

- Edward Gibbon

Work

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

- Edward Gibbon

Genius School

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

- Edward Gibbon

World People

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.

- Edward Gibbon

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