Edward Gibbon/later Years - 1789-1794

Famous quotes containing the words edward, gibbon and/or years:

    “Some have too much, yet still do crave;
    I little have, and seek no more.
    They are but poor, though much they have,
    And I am rich with little store.
    They poor, I rich; they beg, I give;
    They lack, I leave; they pine, I live.”
    —Sir Edward Dyer (c. 1540–1607)

    “The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.”
    —Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)

    “what if I’m 60 years old and not married,
    all alone in a furnished room with pee stains on my underwear
    and everybody else is married!”
    —Gregory Corso (b. 1930)