The first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism.
LORD BYRONAbsence – that common cure of love.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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In solitude, where we are least alone.
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Adversity is the first path to truth.
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I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.
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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
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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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If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.
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Good work and joyous play go hand in hand. When play stops, old age begins. Play keeps you from taking life too seriously.
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What an antithetical mind! – tenderness, roughness – delicacy, coarseness – sentiment, sensuality – soaring and groveling, dirt and deity – all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!
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This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.
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Hatred is the madness of the heart.
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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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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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There is no instinct like that of the heart.
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What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
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