But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
LORD BYRONOpinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
More Lord Byron Quotes
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All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage.
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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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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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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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The devil was the first democrat
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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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We are all the fools of time and terror: Days Steal on us and steal from us; yet we live, Loathing our life, and dreading still to die.
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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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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
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In solitude, when we are least alone.
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Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.
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A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.
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The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports.
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Hearts will break – yet brokenly, live on.
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Newton, (that Proverb of the Mind,) alas! Declared, with all his grand discoveries recent, That he himself felt only “like a youth Picking up shells by the great Ocean-Truth.”
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