Edward Gibbon Quote

[But] the man who dares not expose his life in the defence of his children and his property, has lost in society the first and most active energies of nature.


The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire... The Second Edition (ed. 1788)


[But] the man who dares not expose his life in the defence of his children and his property, has lost in society the first and most active energies...

[But] the man who dares not expose his life in the defence of his children and his property, has lost in society the first and most active energies...

[But] the man who dares not expose his life in the defence of his children and his property, has lost in society the first and most active energies...

[But] the man who dares not expose his life in the defence of his children and his property, has lost in society the first and most active energies...