I stood among them, but not of them: in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts.
LORD BYRONOf religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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The first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism.
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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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Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.
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Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
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All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage.
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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
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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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Heaven gives its favourites-early death.
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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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What an antithetical mind! – tenderness, roughness – delicacy, coarseness – sentiment, sensuality – soaring and groveling, dirt and deity – all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!
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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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I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable.
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Who then will explain the explanation?
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Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
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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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