The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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by Edward Gibbon

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... as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.

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... as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.

— Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire