The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.
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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Be warm, be pure, be amorous, but be chaste.
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Think not I am what I appear.
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She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes.
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Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
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You gave me the key to your heart, my love, then why did you make me knock?
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A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn’t know.
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Hatred is the madness of the heart.
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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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Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire – in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
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The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, nor worse, for a people than another.
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Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
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Who falls from all he knows of bliss, Cares little into what abyss.
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The great object of life is Sensation – to feel that we exist – even though in pain – it is this “craving void” which drives us to gaming – to battle – to travel – to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment.
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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports.
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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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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
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The leaves along the limpid streams of Eden? Is your course measur’d for ye? Or do ye Sweep on in your unbounded revelry Through an aerial universe of endless Expansion,–at which my soul aches to think,– Intoxicated with eternity.
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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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The first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism.
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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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What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
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Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain
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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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It is when we think we lead that we are most led.
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