Be warm, be pure, be amorous, but be chaste.
LORD BYRONIf a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself…that a tiger is an optical illusion–well, he will find out he is wrong.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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A small drop of ink makes thousands, perhaps millions… think.
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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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Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.
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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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Damn description, it is always disgusting.
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A drop of ink may make a million think.
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Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.
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Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
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Why do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.
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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
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Hearts will break – yet brokenly, live on.
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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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Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain
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What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
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The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports.
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