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Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#forms #government #hereditary #monarchy #present

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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I try to imagine how we would live if we didn't know we were going to die. Would we live our lives differently? Less careful, maybe? Less scared? These are beautiful things to think about and build a song around. ↗

— Beth Gibbons

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You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days. ↗

— Beth Gibbons

#another #come #days #especially #every

I thank God tonight for freedom - those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future. ↗

— Jim Gibbons

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If caregivers are not healthy, mentally well-balanced and spiritually sound, then those for whom they care will suffer. ↗

— Leeza Gibbons

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My whole life sort of ended when my mom died. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

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