Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
LORD BYRONAll tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Self praise is no praise at all.
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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.
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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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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
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In solitude, when we are least alone.
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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
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Socrates said, our only knowledge was “To know that nothing could be known;” a pleasant Science enough, which levels to an ass Each Man of Wisdom, future, past, or present.
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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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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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Newton, (that Proverb of the Mind,) alas! Declared, with all his grand discoveries recent, That he himself felt only “like a youth Picking up shells by the great Ocean-Truth.”
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A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn’t know.
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What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
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I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
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