If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself…that a tiger is an optical illusion–well, he will find out he is wrong.
LORD BYRONTruth 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.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Let joy be unconfined.
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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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It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.
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The lapse of ages changes all things – time, language, the earth, the bounds of the sea, the stars of the sky, and every thing about, around, and underneath man, except man himself.
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Damn description, it is always disgusting.
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A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn’t know.
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Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
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What 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.
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To have joy, one must share it.
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And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
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O thou beautiful And unimaginable ether! and Ye multiplying masses of increased And still increasing lights! what are ye? what Is this blue wilderness of interminable Air, where ye roll along, as I have seen
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Who falls from all he knows of bliss, Cares little into what abyss.
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Hearts will break – yet brokenly, live on.
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Friendship is Love without his wings!
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Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.
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