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Since the primitive times, the wealth of the popes was exposed to envy, their powers to opposition, and their persons to violence.

Since the primitive times, the wealth of the popes was exposed to envy, their powers to opposition, and their persons to violence.

Edward Gibbon
Envy, Violence, Wealth
Edward Gibbon (1855). “The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire”, p.191

So natural to man is the practice of violence that our indulgence allows the slightest provocation, the most disputable right, as a sufficient ground of national hostility.

Edward Gibbon
Men, Practice, Violence
Edward Gibbon (2008). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.266, Cosimo, Inc.

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