| James Mudie Spence - Venezuela - 1878 - 398 pages
...Reformas." He was deposed and expelled in July, but in August recalled to power ! General Paez * " History, which is, indeed, little more than the register...the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind."— GIBBON. now took the field against the " reformistas,'' and a civil war ensued, continuing until March... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1881 - 892 pages
...the prouder for it; I like to be despised. 755* Hypoerite. Act v. Sc. I. EDWARD GIBBON. 1737-1794. History, which is, indeed, little more than the register...of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. 1 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Ch. Hi. (1776). Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...turns the giddy wheel around. Altered by Johnson. * Compare Sterne. Page 322. EDWARD GIBBON. 1737-1794. History, which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.1 Decline and fall of the Roman Empire (177C). Cli. iii. Revenge is profitable, gratitude is... | |
| Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - Comparative linguistics - 1883 - 502 pages
...principal subjects of history (Gibbon, Decline & Fall, 1, 383. London 1875) und wenn demnach History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind (Gibbon 1, 124)'), so kann von einem höheren zwecke der geschichte eigentlich keine rede sein. —... | |
| George Rawlinson - Assyria - 1885 - 807 pages
..." the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history," which is, indeed (as he says), "little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." " The influence of Rome extended beyond his borders. As in modern times it has become a proverb that... | |
| William Francis Henry King - Quotations - 1887 - 630 pages
...little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes. Gibbon (Decline and Fall, ch. 3) says : "... History, •which is, indeed, little more than the...the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." 2803. L'homme est de glace aux vérités, 11 est de feu pour les mensonges. (Fr.) La Font. 9, 6. Where... | |
| Robert Christy - Maxims - 1887 - 742 pages
...History is philosophy teaching by examples. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. 3. History repeats itself. 4. History, which is, indeed, little more than the '...of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. Gibbon, Hoarding. 1. The base wretch who hoards up all he can, Is praised and called a careful man.... | |
| Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 720 pages
...and halcyon days to come. 2464 Garfield : The Province of History. ( Williams Quarterly, June, 1856.) History, which is, indeed, little more than the register...of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. 2465 Gibbon : Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 1776. History shows that the majority of men who... | |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft - British Columbia - 1890 - 788 pages
...governors I What wonder that the poor steal, and bloated sensualists ravish I Gibbon considers history indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. I History's tale as given is by far too woeful. It tells not the whole truth. It holds up to us chiefly... | |
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