Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
LORD BYRONThe first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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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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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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Of religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor.
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Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain
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The dew of compassion is a tear.
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A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.
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We are all the fools of time and terror: Days Steal on us and steal from us; yet we live, Loathing our life, and dreading still to die.
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All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage.
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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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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
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Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.
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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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Absence – that common cure of love.
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A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.
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I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
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