Newton, (that Proverb of the Mind,) alas! Declared, with all his grand discoveries recent, That he himself felt only “like a youth Picking up shells by the great Ocean-Truth.”
LORD BYRONWhat 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.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
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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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All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
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Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.
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Hearts will break – yet brokenly, live on.
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The great object of life is Sensation – to feel that we exist – even though in pain – it is this “craving void” which drives us to gaming – to battle – to travel – to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment.
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There’s not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.
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The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
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The busy have no time for tears.
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The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.
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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.
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To have joy, one must share it.
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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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