John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5602 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5602 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | A thousand years scarce serve to form a state: An hour may lay it in the dust. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto ii. Stanza 84. |