Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.
Quote by Edward Gibbon
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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.
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Edward Gibbon Quotes
- Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
- Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers the second, more personal and important, from himself.
- Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
- I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
- The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.
- But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.
- The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.
- Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
- Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.
- History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
- History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Best Quotes
- I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
- The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
- I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
- Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
- It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
- Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.