John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2832 Edward Hyde
| NUMBER: | 2832 |
| AUTHOR: | Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1609–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | He [Hampden] had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | History of the Rebellion. Vol. iii. Book vii. Section 84. |
| Note 1. In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.—Edward Gibbon: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chap. xlviii. Heart to conceive the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute. —From Junius, letter xxxvii. Feb. 14, 1770. [back] |