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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]