The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
LORD BYRONO thou beautiful And unimaginable ether! and Ye multiplying masses of increased And still increasing lights! what are ye? what Is this blue wilderness of interminable Air, where ye roll along, as I have seen
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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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Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire – in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
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Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.
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What’s drinking? A mere pause from thinking!
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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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Who falls from all he knows of bliss, Cares little into what abyss.
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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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The busy have no time for tears.
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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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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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I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable.
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Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
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This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.
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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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I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand;
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