Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.
Edward Gibbon
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More quotes by Edward Gibbon
- I was never less alone than when by myself.
- Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
- Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
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- Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.