Edward Gibbon | "Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself."

"Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

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"Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself."

Author Name

Personal Development

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

Power

"My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language."

Literature

"Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes."

Books

"I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being."

Friendship

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

Power

"Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused."

Beauty

"Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book."

Habit

"I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes."

Income

"Style is the image of character."

Character

"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."

People

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"Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself."

Author Name

Personal Development

More

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

Power

"My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language."

Literature

"Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes."

Books

"I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being."

Friendship

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

Power

"Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused."

Beauty

"Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book."

Habit

"I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes."

Income

"Style is the image of character."

Character

"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."

People