The first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism.
LORD BYRONThe busy have no time for tears.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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The great object of life is Sensation – to feel that we exist – even though in pain – it is this “craving void” which drives us to gaming – to battle – to travel – to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment.
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I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
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Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.
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All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
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But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
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A pretty woman is a welcome guest.
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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
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What an antithetical mind! – tenderness, roughness – delicacy, coarseness – sentiment, sensuality – soaring and groveling, dirt and deity – all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
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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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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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