John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4602 Edward Gibbon 1737-1794 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4602 |
| AUTHOR: | Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) |
| QUOTATION: | Amiable weaknesses of human nature. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776). Chap. xiv. |
| Note 1. See Fielding, Quotation 16. [back] |