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Quote by Edward Gibbon
Style is the image of character. - Edward Gibbon

Style is the image of character. – Edward Gibbon

Other quotes by Edward Gibbon

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. – Edward Gibbon

Category:
Freedom
Author
Edward Gibbon
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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

Category:
Friendship
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Edward Gibbon
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Every orientation presupposes a disorientation. – Hans Magnus Enzensberger

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Style

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. – Jean De La Bruyere

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Style

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. – Henry Adams

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Style

Bad taste is a species of bad morals. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy. – C.S. Lewis

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Things do not change; we change. – Henry David Thoreau

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Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art he was the giant. No American created so many aesthetic openings for so many artists. – Jerry Saltz

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Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible – it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could. – Barbara de Angelis

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Love