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.
LORD BYRONNewton, (that Proverb of the Mind,) alas! Declared, with all his grand discoveries recent, That he himself felt only “like a youth Picking up shells by the great Ocean-Truth.”
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
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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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Think not I am what I appear.
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In solitude, where we are least alone.
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My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
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Newton, (that Proverb of the Mind,) alas! Declared, with all his grand discoveries recent, That he himself felt only “like a youth Picking up shells by the great Ocean-Truth.”
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Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.
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Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain
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A small drop of ink makes thousands, perhaps millions… think.
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Self praise is no praise at all.
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The dew of compassion is a tear.
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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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Why do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.
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Gone, glimmering through the dream of things that were.
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