Lord Byron quotes - page 6

Fare thee well! and if forever, Still forever, fare thee well: Even though unforgiving, never 'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel. (Lord Byron)
There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love. View quote
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Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen. View quote
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What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? View quote
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This is the age of oddities let loose. View quote
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America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people. View quote
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I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. View quote
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There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion. View quote
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I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor. View quote
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Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people. View quote
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Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment. (Lord Byron)
In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy. View quote
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A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress. View quote
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Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure. View quote
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He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below. View quote
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I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting. View quote
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The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go. View quote
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What a strange thing man is; and what a stranger thing woman. View quote
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It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it. View quote
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My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then. View quote
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I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves. (Lord Byron)
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them. View quote
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What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence. View quote
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It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time. View quote
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I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains. View quote
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