Quotes by Gibbon, Edward

Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of >>

I was never less alone than when by myself. >>

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. >>

Quotations about Infatuation

Men who care passionately for women attach themselves at least as much >>

I stalk about her door like a strange soul upon the Stygian banks stay >>

Infatuation is when you think that he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as >>

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.

Gibbon, Edward