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Edward Gibbon1737–1794

The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.

Edward Gibbon on history

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1 (1776), Ch. 2

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