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.
LORD BYRONThe dome of thought, the palace of the soul.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage.
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I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
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Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
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A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.
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It is when we think we lead that we are most led.
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That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.
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Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.
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Socrates 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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Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
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Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.
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A pretty woman is a welcome guest.
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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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Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.
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I learned to love despair.
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Be warm, be pure, be amorous, but be chaste.
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