Quotes by Gibbon, Edward

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice >>

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. >>

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. >>

Quotations about Autobiography

It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, >>

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wr >>

Thus when I come to shape here at this table between my hands the stor >>

Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative.

Gibbon, Edward