John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5620 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5620 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 45. |