And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
LORD BYRONSociety is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.
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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
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The dew of compassion is a tear.
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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.
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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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I have not loved the world, nor the world me.
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Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull
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Let joy be unconfined.
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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
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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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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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There’s not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.
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In solitude, where we are least alone.
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I am not now That which I have been.
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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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