Quotes by Gibbon, Edward

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has >>

The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authoriz >>

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

A successful book cannot afford to be more than ten percent new. >>

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and >>

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and >>

My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India.

Gibbon, Edward