Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
LORD BYRONIf I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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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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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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Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.
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America is a model of force and freedom and moderation – with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
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Adversity is the first path to truth.
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The leaves along the limpid streams of Eden? Is your course measur’d for ye? Or do ye Sweep on in your unbounded revelry Through an aerial universe of endless Expansion,–at which my soul aches to think,– Intoxicated with eternity.
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A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.
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The busy have no time for tears.
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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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To have joy, one must share it.
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What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
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That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.
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Friendship is Love without his wings!
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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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