Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind t… - Edward Gibbon

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Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.

Edward Gibbon

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About Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon (1737-05-08 [or 1737-04-27, O.S.] – 1794-01-16) was arguably the most important historian since the time of the ancient Roman Tacitus. Gibbon's magnum opus, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is a groundbreaking work of early modern erudition, the broad influence of which endures to this day.

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