Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade. — Edward Gibbon

Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1789
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Provenance
Current citation
Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 6. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 68.
Original citation
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 6, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1789, ch. 68.