The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
LORD BYRONSince Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Gone, glimmering through the dream of things that were.
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Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.
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I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week.
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I should, many a good day, have blown my brains out, but for the recollection that it would have given pleasure to my mother-in-law.
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She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes.
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Hatred is the madness of the heart.
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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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Who then will explain the explanation?
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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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To have joy, one must share it.
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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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And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
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Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
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If from society we learn to live, solitude should teach us how to die.
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This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.
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