Academy Quote by Edward Gibbon

Julian was not insensible of the advantages of freedom. From his studies he had imbibed the spirit of ancient sages and heroes; his life…

— Edward Gibbon

He was a very private person, and sometimes it seemed to me that he was no longer interested in the world or in other…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

When Julian ascended the throne, he declared his impatience to embrace and reward the Syrian sophist, who had preserved, in a degenerate age, the…

— Edward Gibbon

“Julian thought he could have stood his lot better if she had been selfish, if she had been an old hag who drank and…

— Flannery O'Connor

If Julian had flattered himself that his personal connexion with the capital of the East would be productive of mutual satisfaction to the prince…

— Edward Gibbon

He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he…

— Jostein Gaarder

“Antipater, in a letter written upon the death of Aristotle, the philosopher, observes, "Amongst his other gifts he had that of persuasiveness"; and the…

— Plutarch

“feel that it had not been the most direful mistake in his plan of education. Something must have been wanting within, or time would…

— Jane Austen

“His ambition was not to become wealthy or to be well known, an image which society for some reason dictates each individual should prescribe…

— Andrew James Pritchard

Behind the newspaper Julian was withdrawing into the inner compartment of his mind where he spent most of his time. This was a kind…

— Flannery O'Connor

“And, just as he had wished, none of us had ever forgotten the maxim which, he remembered, he had bequeathed us. Indeed, the fine…

— Joachim Fest

In avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations. For the time being the world, life itself, could be his chosen field.

— Richard Yates