Edward Gibbon/later Years - 1789%e2%80%931794

Famous quotes containing the words edward, gibbon and/or years:

    “A little on the side—very little.”
    —A. Edward Sullivan, U.S. screenwriter. Professor Quail (W.C. Fields)

    “The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.”
    —Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)

    “The years like great black oxen tread the world,
    And God the herdsman treads them on behind,
    And I am broken by their passing feet.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)