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In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to

In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

Edward Gibbon
Wisdom, Responsibility, Libertarian Party

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

Edward Gibbon
Single, Wisdom, Loneliness
Edward Gibbon (1821). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.277

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

Edward Gibbon
Wisdom, Growth, Doe
'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' (1776-88) ch. 71

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Edward Gibbon
Inspirational, Life, Wisdom
"History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". Volume 6,

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.

Edward Gibbon
Thank You, Wisdom, Gratitude
Edward Gibbon (2016). “THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes): From the Height of the Roman Empire, the Age of Trajan and the Antonines - to the Fall of Byzantium; Including a Review of the Crusades, and the State of Rome during the Middle Ages”, p.374, e-artnow

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