Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

Edward Gibbon

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What turned up: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ( 1776 ). Chap. xlix.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, Edward Gibbon entry; Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ( 1776 ). Chap. xlix.; Wording and named work checked in Bartlett’s published reference; literary quotations are excerpts. Source identi
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Sources checked: gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 17 October 2026Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ( 1776 ). Chap. xlix.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, Edward Gibbon entry; Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ( 1776 ). Chap. xlix.; Wording and named work checked in Bartlett’s published reference; literary quotations are excerpts. Source identi

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