He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below.
Lord Byron
Wisdom
A quote by Lord Byron
From the source
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto iii. Stanza 45.
Recorded in John Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, 1905 printing.