You can never plan the future by the past.
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Edmund Burke
Never cut what you can untie.
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Joseph Joubert
I never was ruined but twice - once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I gained one.
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Voltaire
I was never less alone than when by myself.
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Edward Gibbon
More Quotes By Edward Gibbon
... but I must reluctantly observe that two causes, the abbreviation of time, and the failure of hope, will always tinge with a browner shade the evening of life.
Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself.
Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.
War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.
