John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5767 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5767 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | So for a good old-gentlemanly vice I think I must take up with avarice. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Don Juan. Canto i. Stanza 216. |
| Note 1. See Middleton, Quotation 16. [back] |