Edward Gibbon Quote

It is seldom that minds long exercised in business have formed any habits of conversing with themselves, and in the loss of power they principally regret the want of occupation.


The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume the First (ed. 1776)


It is seldom that minds long exercised in business have formed any habits of conversing with themselves, and in the loss of power they principally...

It is seldom that minds long exercised in business have formed any habits of conversing with themselves, and in the loss of power they principally...

It is seldom that minds long exercised in business have formed any habits of conversing with themselves, and in the loss of power they principally...

It is seldom that minds long exercised in business have formed any habits of conversing with themselves, and in the loss of power they principally...