Quote preview background for Edward Gibbon
It was an inflexible maxim of Roman discipline that good soldier should dread his own officers far more than the enemy
Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Turn into a Quote Card

Quote Detail

It was an inflexible maxim of Roman discipline that good soldier should dread his own officers far more than the enemy
EG
Edward Gibbon

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Quick Answer

What this quote page tells you

This canonical quote page keeps the full saying, the attributed author, any linked work, and the topic tags together so the quote can be cited from one stable URL.

Related Quotes

More quote cards from the same area