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."

"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."

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Personal Development

"Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery."

Sympathy

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

Income

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

Government

"Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism."

Freedom

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

Beauty

"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."

Education

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

Power

"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

"A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute."

Heart

"Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity."

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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

"Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery."

Sympathy

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

Income

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

Government

"Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism."

Freedom

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

Beauty

"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."

Education

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

Power

"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

"A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute."

Heart

"Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity."

Emotional