Edward Gibbon Quote

After a powerful struggle, I yielded to my fate. I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.


From Memoirs of My Life and Writings (1796)


After a powerful struggle, I yielded to my fate. I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.

After a powerful struggle, I yielded to my fate. I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.

After a powerful struggle, I yielded to my fate. I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.

After a powerful struggle, I yielded to my fate. I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.