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Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.
Edward Gibbon
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Edward Gibbon
Age: 56 †
Born: 1737
Born: May 8
Died: 1794
Died: January 16
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The separation of the Arabs from the rest of mankind has accustomed them to confound the ideas of stranger and enemy.
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Our toil is lessened, and our wealth is increased, by our dominion over the useful animals . . .
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Extreme distress, which unites the virtue of a free people, imbitters the factions of a declining monarchy.
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