Quotes By Edward Gibbon

I was never less alone than when by myself.

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

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

Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

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