The first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism.
LORD BYRONOne of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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Why do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.
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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
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There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.
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The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, nor worse, for a people than another.
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To have joy, one must share it.
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Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
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The dome of thought, the palace of the soul.
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We have fools in all sects, and impostors in most; why should I believe mysteries no one can understand, because written by men who chose to mistake madness for inspiration and style themselves Evangelicals?
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Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull
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I learned to love despair.
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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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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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The best prophet of the future is the past.
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And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
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