Edward Gibbon Quote

A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the representation of ancient freedom, if they had not long since been accustomed to prefer the solid assurance of bread to the unsubstantial visions of liberty and greatness.


The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (ed. 1821)


A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the representation...

A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the representation...

A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the representation...

A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the representation...