It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.
LORD BYRONThe best prophet of the future is the past.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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There is no instinct like that of the heart.
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Adversity is the first path to truth.
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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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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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And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
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You gave me the key to your heart, my love, then why did you make me knock?
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Let joy be unconfined.
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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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A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover – but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
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My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
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This is the age of oddities let loose.
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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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Heaven gives its favourites-early death.
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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
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Hearts will break – yet brokenly, live on.
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