It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work. Edward Gibbon Read Quote
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. Edward Gibbon Read Quote
Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. Edward Gibbon Read Quote
Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking. Edward Gibbon Read Quote
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. Edward Gibbon Read Quote
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. Edward Gibbon Read Quote
