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“Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.”

Quote by Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon was an English historian renowned for his magnum opus, 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. His work has had a profound impact on historical studies. more

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Source: The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, Preserved by Arrian ; The Enchiridion, and Fragments

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Source: Epictetus: Discourses and Enchiridion

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Source: The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments

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Source: The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments

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Book:Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising an Analysis of the Laws of Moral Evidence and of Persuasion, with Rules for Argumentative Composition and Elocution

Source: Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising an Analysis of the Laws of Moral Evidence and of Persuasion, with Rules for Argumentative Composition and Elocution