Lord Byron Quotes

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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All Death Die Hateful Innate Instinct Invisible Life Live Living Loathsome Make Nanjing Singing Sve
You gave me the key to your heart, my love, then why did you make me knock?
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Gave Heart Key Knock Love Make
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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All Each Great Hope Married Much never Other Shall
Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.
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Treasure Tyranny Worst
A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.
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Every Mind Mistake Mortal Scratch Timid Wound
Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
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Blue Dark Deep Feetm Sweep Ocean Over Roll Teen Thousand Vain
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.
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After Day Laughter Mirth Sermon Soda Water Wine Women
Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
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Divine Form Man Part Pure Soul Steam Trouble
Who then will explain the explanation?
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Explain Explanation
It is when we think we lead that we are most led.
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Lead led Most Think
Why do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.
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Call Hate Misanthrope Them
Heaven gives its favourites-early death.
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Death Early Favorite Give Heaven
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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Agree Anything Friend Lover Mistress never Over
A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.
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Hour Lay May Ruin Scare State Thousand Year
What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
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Close Deep Ever Scar Without Wound
Be warm, be pure, be amorous, but be chaste.
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Amorous Chaste Pure Warm
Friendship is Love without his wings!
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Emotion Feeling Friendship Love Wing
They truly mourn, that mourn without a witness.
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Mourn Truly Without Witness
Eat, drink and love…the rest is not worth a nickel
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Drink Eat Love Nickel Rest Worth
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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Better Earth Establishment Fact Horse One People Poverty Power Rich Slavery Sort

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