I learned to love despair.
LORD BYRONOf religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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The devil was the first democrat
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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.
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This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.
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All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
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It is when we think we lead that we are most led.
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The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, nor worse, for a people than another.
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Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
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A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.
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All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage.
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If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.
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America is a model of force and freedom and moderation – with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
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The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports.
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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.
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Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
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