Edward Gibbon Quote

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

Miscellaneous Works of Edw. Gibbon: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself (ed. 1796)

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.