But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
LORD BYRONCome what may, I have been blest.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
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Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it.
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Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
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For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.
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Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
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What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
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Socrates said, our only knowledge was “To know that nothing could be known;” a pleasant Science enough, which levels to an ass Each Man of Wisdom, future, past, or present.
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There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.
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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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I learned to love despair.
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Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
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Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull
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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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It is when we think we lead that we are most led.
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The busy have no time for tears.
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