John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5676 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5676 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | And what is writ is writ,— Would it were worthier! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 185. |