Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776). Chap. iii.

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776). Chap. xi.

Amiable weaknesses of human nature.[430:2]

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776). Chap. xiv.

In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.[430:3]

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776). Chap. xlviii.

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776). Chap. xlix.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.[430:4]