Edward Gibbon ( 10 of 26 )
Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.
Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.
The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.
To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.