Every man who rises above the common level has received two… - Edward Gibbon

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Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second more personal and important, from himself.

Edward Gibbon

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

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