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 BYRONThe drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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I live, but live to die: and, living, see nothing to make death hateful, save an innate clinging, a loathsome and yet all invincible instinct of life, which I abhor, as I despise myself, yet cannot overcome – and so I live. Would I had never lived!
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The best prophet of the future is the past.
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Armenian is the language to speak with God.
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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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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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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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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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Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.
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I learned to love despair.
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Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it.
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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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In solitude, when we are least alone.
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I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week.
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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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You gave me the key to your heart, my love, then why did you make me knock?
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