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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Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
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The 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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Gone, glimmering through the dream of things that were.
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Who falls from all he knows of bliss, Cares little into what abyss.
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The 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.
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Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
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The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
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Think not I am what I appear.
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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
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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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Damn description, it is always disgusting.
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A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.
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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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Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.
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