| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5582 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (17881824) |
| QUOTATION: | Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Childe Harolds Pilgrimage, Canto i. Stanza 9. |
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