Art Quote by 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 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

The true key to the declension of the Roman empire which is not to be found in all Gibbon 's immense work may be…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The light of reason and civilization was virtually snuffed out by the Barbarian hordes who swarmed across Europe, annihilating everything the Romans had put…

— Terry Jones

“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

“In his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the eighteenth-century British historian Edward Gibbon describes the scene of Romans fleeing the city of…

— Charles London

The fall of Rome seemed unthinkable to people at the time but inevitable to historians reflecting upon it with the benefit of context.

— Mary Pilon

“What happened? It took Gibbon six volumes to describe the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, so I shan’t embark on that. But…

— Kenneth Clark

“The five marks of the Roman decaying culture: Concern with displaying affluence instead of building wealth; Obsession with sex and perversions of sex; Art…

— Edward Gibbon

“Even historians, who should know better, still seem addicted to the idea that nothing of any consequence occurred between the fall of the Roman…

— James Hannam

bizarreness masqueraded as creativity.

— Edward Gibbon

“What will be the physiognomy of painting, of poetry, of music, in a hundred years? No one can tell. As after the fall of…

— Emil Cioran