John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5783 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5783 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Don Juan. Canto iii. Stanza 88. |