Background Image
Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative.
-Edward Gibbon
Please Wait....
Translating....

Truth, Naked, Unblushing Truth, The First Virtue

Edward Gibbon
Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative.
Views: 1
Cite this Page
Prevent plagiarism by providing proper attribution.
APA FORMAT
Embed this Quote
Copy this HTML code to embed the quote on your website or blog.
HTML CODE
Topic
History Naked Narrative

More From Edward Gibbon

I'm naked in esquire in august. i was naked on the set the other day. i'm always naked. i'm naked right now, in fact.
August Naked Facts
Today i realize that many recent exercises in "deconstructive reading" read as if inspired by my parody. this is parody's mission: it must never be afraid of going too far. if its aim is true, it simply heralds what others will later produce, unblushing, with impassive and assertive gravity.
Inspiration Reading Exercise
The whole point of camp is to dethrone the serious. camp is playful, anti-serious. more precisely, camp involves a new, more complex relation to "the serious." one can be serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious.
Serious Relation Camps
I'm obsessed with this idea of storytellers and people who have a narrative, and sometimes sustain a relationship because they're telling a narrative and someone is listening to that. often the nature of the relationship is determined by how well they tell the story, or someone else's ability to suspend disbelief, or infuse into their narrative something which they may not even be aware of.
People Listening Determined
The democrats, because they are the media, still establish the narrative for washington every day. and whatever that narrative is, the republicans - for some reason (i think it's force of habit and years and years of conditioning) - still become subservient to whatever that narrative is.
Thinking Media Years
And what does reward virtue? you think the communist commissar rewards virtue? you think a hitler rewards virtue? you think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, american presidents reward virtue? do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout?
Thinking People Political
Similar Quotes
To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.
Thinking
Love is leading. people think it has to be two different roles but it is the same.
Love Is Thinking Two
I know there is a god, and that he hates injustice and slavery. i see the storm coming, and i know that his hand is in it. if he has a place and work for me - and i think he has - i believe i am ready.
Hate Believe Thinking
Two of my three siblings are older, so i suppose i learned from them and became a very avid reader at a young age, which i think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature.
Sibling Thinking Avid

Trending Author

Sai Baba
Sai Baba
Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Kenneth Oppel
Kenneth Oppel
James Levine
James Levine
Al Green
Al Green
Category
Information
Inspirational
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Happiness & Joy
Life Lessons
Success & Business
Motivation