Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second more personal and important, from him… - Edward Gibbon

Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself.

The captain of the Hampshire grenadiers...has not been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire.

The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.

Gibbon, Edward. HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE COMPLETE VOLUMES 1 - 6

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness