I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand;
LORD BYRONWho falls from all he knows of bliss, Cares little into what abyss.
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If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.
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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.
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Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
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I should, many a good day, have blown my brains out, but for the recollection that it would have given pleasure to my mother-in-law.
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Adversity is the first path to truth.
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Let joy be unconfined.
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My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
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A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.
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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
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Hearts will break – yet brokenly, live on.
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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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All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage.
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Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.
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Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it.
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Hatred is the madness of the heart.
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Who falls from all he knows of bliss, Cares little into what abyss.
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Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
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In solitude, where we are least alone.
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Friendship is Love without his wings!
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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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Good work and joyous play go hand in hand. When play stops, old age begins. Play keeps you from taking life too seriously.
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I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.
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What’s drinking? A mere pause from thinking!
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And I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music… Speak to me!
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