John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5601 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5601 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto ii. Stanza 76. |