Books Quote by Duke of Gloucester

“Edward Gibbon, in his classic work on the fall of the Roman Empire, describes the Roman era's declension as a place where "bizarreness masqueraded…

— Edward Gibbon

“Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) in his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire said that the following five attributes marked Rome at its end: first,…

— Francis A. Schaeffer

“The use of reading, Gibbon says somewhere, is to aid us in thinking. I have always disagreed with Gibbon over that; he may have…

— Joan Aiken

“For the price of a modest meal you can ponder the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, the origin of species, the interpretation…

— Carl Sagan

“The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as…

— Edward Gibbon

“I feel that my tendency to acquire books is rather like someone smoking two packs a day: it's a terrible vice that I wish…

— Leah Price

Indeed, the best books have a use, like sticks and stones, which is above or beside their design, not anticipated in the preface,not concluded…

— Henry David Thoreau

“There will be pages. Lots and lots of pages. Most of the pages will have letters on them, and a vast majority of these…

— Aaron Allston

“It stretches, this little trick of mine, from book to book, and everything else, comparatively, plays over the surface of it. The order, the…

— Henry James

“[Pliny the Elder] used to say that “no book was so bad but some good might be got out of it.”

— Pliny the Younger

“To have all those noble Romans alive before me, and walking in and out for my entertainment, instead of being the stern taskmasters they…

— Charles Dickens

A bronze plaque read: GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS Dan made a face. "Get a load of the guy with the funny name." "I think…

— Gordon Korman