Edward Gibbon/early Life - 1737-1752

Famous quotes containing the words gibbon, early and/or life:

    Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.
    —Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)

    Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number.
    Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)

    This life is a war we are not yet
    winning for our daughters’ children.
    Don’t do your enemies’ work for them.
    Finish your own.
    Marge Piercy (b. 1936)