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.
LORD BYRONTyranny is for the worst of treasons.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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They truly mourn, that mourn without a witness.
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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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I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand;
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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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Absence – that common cure of love.
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Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain
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Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
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There is no instinct like that of the heart.
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The devil was the first democrat
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Come what may, I have been blest.
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That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.
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I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable.
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A drop of ink may make a million think.
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Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.
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