That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.
LORD BYRONThat music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.
LORD BYRONSociety is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
LORD BYRONThose who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
LORD BYRONEternity forbids thee to forget.
LORD BYRONAmerica is a model of force and freedom and moderation – with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
LORD BYRONI learned to love despair.
LORD BYRONOne of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
LORD BYRONA celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn’t know.
LORD BYRONSince Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.
LORD BYRONIt is when we think we lead that we are most led.
LORD BYRONThe great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
LORD BYRONThe 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.
LORD BYRONWhat 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.
LORD BYRONThe dew of compassion is a tear.
LORD BYRONA mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.
LORD BYRONThe 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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