I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
LORD BYRONThe leaves along the limpid streams of Eden? Is your course measur’d for ye? Or do ye Sweep on in your unbounded revelry Through an aerial universe of endless Expansion,–at which my soul aches to think,– Intoxicated with eternity.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
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You gave me the key to your heart, my love, then why did you make me knock?
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I am not now That which I have been.
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Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
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Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.
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A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.
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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?
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Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.
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The dew of compassion is a tear.
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Good work and joyous play go hand in hand. When play stops, old age begins. Play keeps you from taking life too seriously.
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There is no instinct like that of the heart.
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Let joy be unconfined.
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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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Hatred is the madness of the heart.
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What’s drinking? A mere pause from thinking!
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