I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
LORD BYRONSorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
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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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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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I am not now That which I have been.
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We have fools in all sects, and impostors in most; why should I believe mysteries no one can understand, because written by men who chose to mistake madness for inspiration and style themselves Evangelicals?
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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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A pretty woman is a welcome guest.
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The dew of compassion is a tear.
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The great object of life is Sensation – to feel that we exist – even though in pain – it is this “craving void” which drives us to gaming – to battle – to travel – to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment.
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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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Hearts will break – yet brokenly, live on.
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What an antithetical mind! – tenderness, roughness – delicacy, coarseness – sentiment, sensuality – soaring and groveling, dirt and deity – all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!
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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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Heaven gives its favourites-early death.
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Truth 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.
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