John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5777 George Gordon Noel Byron
NUMBER: | 5777 |
AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
QUOTATION: | He was the mildest manner’d man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Don Juan. Canto iii. Stanza 41. |