Famous quote by Edward Gibbon

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"It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work"

- Edward Gibbon

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This quote is written / told by Edward Gibbon between April 27, 1737 and January 16, 1794. He/she was a famous Historian from England. The author also have 30 other quotes.

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