Of Human Life, The Most Glorious Or

It Was Rome, On The Fifteenth Of October, 1764, As I Sat Musing Amidst The Ruins Of The Capitol, While The Barefooted Friars Were Singing Vespers In The Temple Of Jupiter, That The Idea Of Writing The Decline And Fall Of The City First Started To My Mind.

A Taste For Books, Which Is Still The Pleasure And Glory Of My Life.

In Discussing Barbarism And Christianity I Have Actually Been Discussing The Fall Of Rome.

It Was With The Utmost Difficulty That Ancient Rome Could Support The Institution Of Six Vestals; But The Primitive Church Was Filled With A Great Number Of Persons Of Either Sex Who Had Devoted Themselves To The Profession Of Perpetual Chastity.

Persuasion Is The Resource Of The Feeble; And The Feeble Can Seldom Persuade . . .