John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5800 George Gordon Noel Byron
| NUMBER: | 5800 |
| AUTHOR: | George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| QUOTATION: | A “strange coincidence,” to use a phrase By which such things are settled nowadays. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Don Juan. Canto vi. Stanza 78. |