Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
LORD BYRONWhy do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports.
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In solitude, where we are least alone.
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Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
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Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.
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Hearts will break – yet brokenly, live on.
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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
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Friendship is Love without his wings!
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I stood among them, but not of them: in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts.
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If from society we learn to live, solitude should teach us how to die.
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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.
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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
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We have fools in all sects, and impostors in most; why should I believe mysteries no one can understand, because written by men who chose to mistake madness for inspiration and style themselves Evangelicals?
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Of religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor.
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What’s drinking? A mere pause from thinking!
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