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.
LORD BYRONTo have joy, one must share it.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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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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I am not now That which I have been.
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What a strange thing is man! And what a stranger is woman.
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That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.
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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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To have joy, one must share it.
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What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence.
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If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.
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The heart will break, but broken live on.
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Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.
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The dome of thought, the palace of the soul.
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Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.
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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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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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Damn description, it is always disgusting.
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