John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2118 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2118 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so had he many vices; he had two distinct persons in him. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader. |
| Note 1. He left a corsair’s name to other times, Link’d with one virtue and a thousand crimes. Lord Byron: The Corsair, canto iii. stanza 24. [back] |