436 Quotes by Edward Gibbon

Agriculture is the foundation of manufactures, since the productions of nature are the materials of art.

The frequent repetition of miracles serves to provoke, where it does not subdue, the reason of mankind.

The inactivity of a conqueror betrays the loss of strength and blood.

In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.