What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence.
LORD BYRONTruth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.
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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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Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
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The best prophet of the future is the past.
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I should, many a good day, have blown my brains out, but for the recollection that it would have given pleasure to my mother-in-law.
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That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.
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Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.
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What’s drinking? A mere pause from thinking!
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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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A pretty woman is a welcome guest.
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A drop of ink may make a million think.
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You gave me the key to your heart, my love, then why did you make me knock?
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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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Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.
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It is when we think we lead that we are most led.
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The dome of thought, the palace of the soul.
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If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
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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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Damn description, it is always disgusting.
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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
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It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.
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A small drop of ink makes thousands, perhaps millions… think.
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Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
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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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And I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music… Speak to me!
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