They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.
LORD BYRONWhat 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.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
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The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
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The best prophet of the future is the past.
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The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.
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There is no instinct like that of the heart.
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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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I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week.
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Come what may, I have been blest.
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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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For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.
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Absence – that common cure of love.
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A small drop of ink makes thousands, perhaps millions… think.
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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
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Adversity is the first path to truth.
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Armenian is the language to speak with God.
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