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.
LORD BYRONMan is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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I have not loved the world, nor the world me.
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Be warm, be pure, be amorous, but be chaste.
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It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.
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Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.
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Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
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The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports.
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Armenian is the language to speak with God.
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I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week.
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Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.
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Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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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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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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Eat, drink and love…the rest is not worth a nickel
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If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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