John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8360 Misellaneous John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 8360 |
AUTHOR: | Miscellaneous |
QUOTATION: | Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of the human mind in ruins. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | Scrope Davies: Letter to Thomas Raikes, May 25, 1835. |
Note 1. Babylon in ruins is not so melancholy a spectacle (as a distracted person). Joseph Addison: Spectator, No. 421. [back] |