Edward Gibbon Quotes:
Ocupation: Historian
Life: April 27, 1737 - January 16, 1794
Birthday: April 27
Death: January 16
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
source: 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' (1776-88) ch. 71
topic: Wisdom, Growth, Doe, Human Progress, Roman Empire, Retrograde
