The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. — Edward Gibbon
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1789
★ 3.8Provenance
Current citation
Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 6. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 68.
Original citation
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 6, London: Cadell and Davies, c. 1789, ch. 68.