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I am not now That which I have been.

Lord Byron

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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Ages All Around Bound Change Earth Every Language Lapse Skym Star Thing Time
Of religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor.
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Favor Hiding Know Least Religion
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.
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After Day Laughter Mirth Sermon Soda Water Wine Women
Hearts will break – yet brokenly, live on.
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Break Brokenly Heart Live On
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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Ass Author Could Each Enough Know Knowledge Level Man Nothing Only Pleasant Quote Said Science Socrate
Gone, glimmering through the dream of things that were.
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Dream Glimmering Gone Thing
I have not loved the world, nor the world me.
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Emotion Feel Loved World
The devil was the first democrat
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Democrat Devil First
Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
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Also Evil Generally Must Mystery Suspect
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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Crave Drive Even Exist Feel Game Great Life Object Pain Sensation Though Void
Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.
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Know Men Pain Till Taught Water Worth
I live, but live to die: and, living, see nothing to make death hateful, save an innate clinging, a loathsome and yet all invincible instinct of life, which I abhor, as I despise myself, yet cannot overcome – and so I live. Would I had never lived!
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All Death Die Hateful Innate Instinct Invisible Life Live Living Loathsome Make Nanjing Singing Sve
Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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Eternity Forbids Forget Thee
They truly mourn, that mourn without a witness.
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Mourn Truly Without Witness
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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All Custom Depth Found Gem Scale Surface Thing Truth Weighted
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
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Drop Ink Small Thing Word

I am not now That which I have been.

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