Edward Gibbon

In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all

I was never less alone than while by myself.

So urgent on the vulgar is the necessity of believing, that the fall of any system of mythology will probably be succeeded by the introduction of some other mode of superstition.

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.

The wind and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

Rozmowa wzbogaca zrozumienie, ale samotność jest szkołą geniuszu.

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