Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
-- Edward Gibbon
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
-- Edward Gibbon
Related:
- I write to find out what I am thinking about.
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Edward... - I saw and loved.
-- Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
-- Memoirs,
Vol. i, p.... - I was never less alone than when by myself.
-- Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
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Memoirs, Vol. i, p.... - I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I
have no respect.
Edward... - My early and invincible love of reading, which I would not
exchange for the treasures of India.
Edward... - The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.
Edward... - On the approach of spring I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy
and extensive scene of crowds without company,
and dissipation without pleasure. -- Edward Gibbon... - Five people -- an Englishman, Russian, American, Frenchman and Irishman
were each asked to write a book on elephants.
Some amount of time later they had all completed their...
