Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant mi... -Edward Gibbon

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Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

Edward Gibbon , Historian
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Edward Gibbon was an English historian and author known for his monumental work "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." His magnum opus, published in six volumes, is a comprehensive account of the Roman Empire's decline and eventual collapse. Gibbon's approach to history, which combined meticulous research with philosophical analysis, revolutionized historical writing and set new standards for historical scholarship. His work remains influential in the field of history and is still widely read and studied today.

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The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators....
Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition....
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind....
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind....
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from him...
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery....
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism....
Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused....
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive....
But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous....

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Yeah, I mean, having been raised like a Catholic, I have a sort of sympathy for religion, in that I think that religion's religion. It can be bad or g...
There will be no sympathy for Trump from voters if he suffers greatly from COVID-19 and he wouldn't know how to be a sympathetic character anyway....
I have come to know Diana better than anyone else, so my sympathy will always lie with her. But I also have a huge appreciation of Charles, and what t...
I had no sympathy with my mum and dad....
Any other illness and you have time off work, but there is a lot of stigma around mental illness. It's frightening to talk about it. The people suffer...
The infuriating thing about not liking your weight when you're slim is that there's no sympathy and very rarely any help....
Many migrants awaiting asylum hearings in the U.S. never show up for their court dates. And the longer they stay in the U.S., the more sympathy they d...
From a very young age I'd learned to put on a brave face because of losing my mum. I'd always make jokes if anybody tried to throw sympathy at me....
I'm not looking for sympathy. If there's other footballers addicted to gambling, then maybe me speaking about my battle might help them....
I had a horrifying experience but what the world fails to understand is that the handicapped need no sympathy, they need to be encouraged in whatever ...