The first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism.
LORD BYRONThe art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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They truly mourn, that mourn without a witness.
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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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We are all the fools of time and terror: Days Steal on us and steal from us; yet we live, Loathing our life, and dreading still to die.
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If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.
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If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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A pretty woman is a welcome guest.
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Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
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My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
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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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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 only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
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Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.
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Adversity is the first path to truth.
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But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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