Share this sentence
— Edward Gibbon"The aspiring efforts of genius, or virtue, either in active or speculative life, are measured, not so much by their real elevation, as by the height to which they ascend above the level of their age and country; and the same stature, which in a people of giants would pass unnoticed, must appear conspicuous in a race of pygmies."
Discover more quotes
Previous Quote
The active, insatiate principle of self-love can alone supply the arts of life and the wages of industry; and as soon as civil government and exclusive property have been introduced, they become necessary to the existence of the human race.
— Edward Gibbon
Next 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.
— Edward Gibbon
Loading recommended content...