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.
LORD BYRONThis is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Friendship is Love without his wings!
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Let joy be unconfined.
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Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
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In solitude, where we are least alone.
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There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
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If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself…that a tiger is an optical illusion–well, he will find out he is wrong.
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Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire – in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
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Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.
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What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
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The dew of compassion is a tear.
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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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Hatred is the madness of the heart.
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The devil was the first democrat
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And I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music… Speak to me!
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Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
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