| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4603 |
| AUTHOR: | Edward Gibbon (17371794) |
| QUOTATION: | In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776). Chap. xlviii. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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