Lord Byron quotes - page 2

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. (Lord Byron)
I love not man the less, but Nature more. View quote
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Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge. View quote
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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored. View quote
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Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate; And, whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate. View quote
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The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. View quote
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There is no instinct like that of the heart. View quote
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Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom? View quote
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Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep. View quote
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There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything. View quote
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But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of. (Lord Byron)
I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure. View quote
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Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life. View quote
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. View quote
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I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned. View quote
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Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. View quote
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The heart will break, but broken live on. View quote
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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication. View quote
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I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all. View quote
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Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die. View quote
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A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins. (Lord Byron)
I had a dream, which was not all a dream. View quote
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My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief, Are mine alone! View quote
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Such hath it been - shall be - beneath the sun the many still must labor for the one. View quote
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My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears. View quote
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Lord Byron

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Occupation: English Poet
Born: January 22, 1788
Died: April 19, 1824
Quotes count: 405
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