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Why do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.

Lord Byron

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.
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Dying Four Living Made Question Sacred Spirit Value Worth
They truly mourn, that mourn without a witness.
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Mourn Truly Without Witness
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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Blown Brain Day Given Good Law Many Moter Pleasure Recollection
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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Day Die Dreading Fool Lathing Life Live Shall Steal Terror Time Us
Of religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor.
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Favor Hiding Know Least Religion
Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.
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Life Rainbow Storm
That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.
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Itself Music Poetry Song Sound Speech
Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire – in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
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Came Dead Infinity Inquire Know Living Midst Myriad Shall Star System Useless World
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.
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Dep Intrude Lonely Pathless Pleasure Rapture Sea Shore Society Wood
A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover – but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
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Advantage Give Later Lover Man May Expect Sooner Tyrant Woman
A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.
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Agree Anything Friend Lover Mistress never Over
In solitude, when we are least alone.
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Alone at Least Solitude
I am not now That which I have been.
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Been Now Thought Which
Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
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Divine Form Man Part Pure Soul Steam Trouble
Hatred is the madness of the heart.
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Hatred Heart Madness
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
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Advantage Being Care Known Little Nothing People Time

Why do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.

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