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.
LORD BYRONSocrates said, our only knowledge was “To know that nothing could be known;” a pleasant Science enough, which levels to an ass Each Man of Wisdom, future, past, or present.
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I learned to love despair.
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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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Why do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.
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I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
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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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If from society we learn to live, solitude should teach us how to die.
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Self praise is no praise at all.
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They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.
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The heart will break, but broken live on.
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I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week.
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It is when we think we lead that we are most led.
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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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Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
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