She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes.
LORD BYRONThe drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
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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Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull
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The best prophet of the future is the past.
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I learned to love despair.
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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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They truly mourn, that mourn without a witness.
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The devil was the first democrat
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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 not loved the world, nor the world me.
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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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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
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All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
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Why do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.
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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
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