Edward Gibbon
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I was never less alone than when by myself.
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Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
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Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
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The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.
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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.