Edward Gibbon Military Quotes

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

  Edward Gibbon

  Militar, Guerra, Personaje

  Edward Gibbon (1781). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.8

• So long as mankind shall continue to lavish more praise upon its destroyers than upon its benefactors war shall remain the chief pursuit of ambitious minds.

  Edward Gibbon

  Military, War, Long

• El más exitoso de los príncipes tártaros asumió el mando militar, al que tenía derecho por superioridad de mérito o de poder. Era elevado al trono por las aclamaciones de sus iguales, y el título de Khan expresa, en el lenguaje del norte de Asia, todo el alcance de la dignidad real. El derecho de sucesión hereditaria se limitó durante mucho tiempo a la sangre del fundador de la monarquía; y en este momento todos los kanes, que reinan desde Crimea hasta la muralla de China, son descendientes directos de los renombrados zingis.

  Edward Gibbon

  Wall, Military, Successful

  Edward Gibbon (2015). “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V2: the History Focus”, p.354, 谷月社

• El progreso de las manufacturas y del comercio reúne insensiblemente una gran multitud dentro de los muros de una ciudad: pero estos ciudadanos ya no son soldados; y las artes que adornan y mejoran el estado de la sociedad civil, corrompen los hábitos de la vida militar.

  Edward Gibbon

  Art, Wall, Military

  Edward Gibbon (2016). “The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon: Historical Works, Autobiographical Writings and Private Letters, Including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.1212, e-artnow

• [A] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command, and the soldiers the duty of obedience.

  Edward Gibbon

  Military, Numbers, Europe

  Edward Gibbon, William Smith (1857). “The Student's Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.252

• It was [Totila's] constant theme, that national vice and ruin are inseparably connected; that victory is the fruit of moral as well as military virtue; and that the prince, and even the people, are responsible for the crimes which they neglect to punish.

  Edward Gibbon

  Military, People, Victory

  Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman, Guizot (M., François), Sir William Smith (1862). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.218

• [Every age], however destitute of science or virtue, sufficiently abounds with acts of blood and military renown.

  Edward Gibbon

  Military, Blood, Age

  Edward Gibbon (2016). “THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes): From the Height of the Roman Empire, the Age of Trajan and the Antonines - to the Fall of Byzantium; Including a Review of the Crusades, and the State of Rome during the Middle Ages”, p.1804, e-artnow

• It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long peace, and the uniform government of the Romans, introduced a slow and secret poison into the vitals of the empire. The minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level, the fire of genius was extinguished, and even the military spirit evaporated.

  Edward Gibbon

  Militar, Ojo, Hombres

  The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ch. 2 (1776 - 1788)

• In the various states of society, armies are recruited from very different motives. Barbarians are urged by the love of war; the citizens of a free republic may be prompted by a principle of duty; the subjects, or at least the nobles, of a monarchy, are animated by a sentiment of honor; but the timid and luxurious inhabitants of a declining empire must be allured into the service by the hopes of profit, or compelled by the dread of punishment.

  Edward Gibbon

  Militar, Guerra, Ejército

  Edward Gibbon (2016). “EDWARD GIBBON Premium Collection: Historiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters: Including "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.731, e-artnow

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