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.
LORD BYRONAnd I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music… Speak to me!
More Lord Byron Quotes
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There’s not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.
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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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What’s drinking? A mere pause from thinking!
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For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.
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Adversity is the first path to truth.
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Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
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A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover – but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
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The first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism.
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They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.
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Absence – that common cure of love.
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And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
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All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage.
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Armenian is the language to speak with God.
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The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
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