The voice of history is often little more than the organ of hatred or …

Edward Gibbon
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The voice of history is often little more than the organ of hatred or flattery. ✨ Edward Gibbon (2015). History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V1: the History Focus, p.208, 谷月社
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