On The Approach Of Spring I Withdraw Without Reluctance From The Noisy And Extensive Scene Of Crowds Without Company, And Dissipation Without Pleasure.

On The Approach Of Spring I Withdraw Without Reluctance From The Noisy And Extensive Scene Of Crowds Without Company, And Dissipation Without Pleasure.

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On the approach of spring I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy
and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without
pleasure.
-- Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
-- Memoirs, Vol. i, p. 116

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