Edward Gibbon Quotes about Heaven

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An absolute monarch, who is rich without patrimony, may be charitable without merit; and Constantine too easily believed that he should purchase the favour of Heaven if he maintained the idle at the expense of the

An absolute monarch, who is rich without patrimony, may be charitable without merit; and Constantine too easily believed that he should purchase the favour of Heaven if he maintained the idle at the expense of the industrious, and distributed among the saints the wealth of the republic.

Edward Gibbon

History, Heaven, Saint

Edward Gibbon (1998). “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.388, Wordsworth Editions

It is incumbent on us diligently to remember that the kingdom of heaven was promised to the poor in spirit, and that minds afflicted by calamity and the contempt of mankind cheerfully listen to the divine promise of future happiness; while, on the contrary, the fortunate are satisfied with the possession of this world; and the wise abuse in doubt and dispute their vain superiority of reason and knowledge.

Edward Gibbon

Wise, History, Heaven

Edward Gibbon (1854). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.217

Edward Gibbon Quotes about Heaven

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