A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.
LORD BYRONThe 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.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
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Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
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A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn’t know.
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The heart will break, but broken live on.
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Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.
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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
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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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A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.
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If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.
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The dew of compassion is a tear.
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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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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
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In solitude, where we are least alone.
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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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America is a model of force and freedom and moderation – with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
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