I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand;
LORD BYRONThe poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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They truly mourn, that mourn without a witness.
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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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There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.
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There is no instinct like that of the heart.
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Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
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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 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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There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
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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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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 live, but live to die: and, living, see nothing to make death hateful, save an innate clinging, a loathsome and yet all invincible instinct of life, which I abhor, as I despise myself, yet cannot overcome – and so I live. Would I had never lived!
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O 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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Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
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What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
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