Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
LORD BYRONWhat a strange thing is man! And what a stranger is woman.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Absence – that common cure of love.
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Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
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A small drop of ink 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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I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.
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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
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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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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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I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.
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What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
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The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
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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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Think not I am what I appear.
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Damn description, it is always disgusting.
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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
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