John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5695 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5695 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | He makes a solitude, and calls it—peace! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Bride of Abydos. Canto i. Canto ii. Stanza 20. |
| Note 1. Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant (They make solitude, which they call peace).—Tacitus: Agricola, c. 30. [back] |