But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. – Edward Gibbon
I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. – Edward Gibbon
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers the second, more personal and important, from himself. – Edward Gibbon
If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you dont know how to read, you dont know how to decide. Thats the great thing about our country – were a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way. – Ray Bradbury