Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
LORD BYRONOf religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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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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The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports.
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The dome of thought, the palace of the soul.
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I am not now That which I have been.
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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
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Who then will explain the explanation?
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Friendship is Love without his wings!
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Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
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There is no instinct like that of the heart.
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The busy have no time for tears.
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Self praise is no praise at all.
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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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Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.
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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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I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.
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And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
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Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.
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The great object of life is Sensation – to feel that we exist – even though in pain – it is this “craving void” which drives us to gaming – to battle – to travel – to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment.
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If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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Gone, glimmering through the dream of things that were.
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Come what may, I have been blest.
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A small drop of ink makes thousands, perhaps millions… think.
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Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
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A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover – but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
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Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.
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