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History...is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and… — Edward Gibbon

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History...is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

Edward Gibbon
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
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1776
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Edward Gibbon
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Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 3.
Original citation
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 3.

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