| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2118 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (15771640) |
| 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. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1. He left a corsairs name to other times, Linkd with one virtue and a thousand crimes. Lord Byron: The Corsair, canto iii. stanza 24. [back] |
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