But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
LORD BYRONWhat an antithetical mind! – tenderness, roughness – delicacy, coarseness – sentiment, sensuality – soaring and groveling, dirt and deity – all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!
More Lord Byron Quotes
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They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.
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Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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A pretty woman is a welcome guest.
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Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
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The dew of compassion is a tear.
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Heaven gives its favourites-early death.
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In solitude, when we are least alone.
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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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What’s drinking? A mere pause from thinking!
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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.
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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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The dome of thought, the palace of the soul.
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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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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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