Edward Gibbon Quote

But the human character, however it may be exalted or depressed by a temporary enthusiasm, will return by degrees to its proper and natural level, and will resume those passions that seem the most adapted to its present condition.

The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire (ed. 1813)

But the human character, however it may be exalted or depressed by a temporary enthusiasm, will return by degrees to its proper and natural level,...

But the human character, however it may be exalted or depressed by a temporary enthusiasm, will return by degrees to its proper and natural level,...

But the human character, however it may be exalted or depressed by a temporary enthusiasm, will return by degrees to its proper and natural level,...

But the human character, however it may be exalted or depressed by a temporary enthusiasm, will return by degrees to its proper and natural level,...