Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
LORD BYRONMen think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
More Lord Byron Quotes
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Who falls from all he knows of bliss, Cares little into what abyss.
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Of religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor.
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I live, but live to die: and, living, see nothing to make death hateful, save an innate clinging, a loathsome and yet all invincible instinct of life, which I abhor, as I despise myself, yet cannot overcome – and so I live. Would I had never lived!
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Who then will explain the explanation?
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This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.
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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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Damn description, it is always disgusting.
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If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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The best prophet of the future is the past.
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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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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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Hatred is the madness of the heart.
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What a strange thing is man! And what a stranger is woman.
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To have joy, one must share it.
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Eat, drink and love…the rest is not worth a nickel
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