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Lord Byron quotes: It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of the pain it gives one. It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of the pain it gives one.
Lord Byron quotes: Life is too short for chess. Life is too short for chess.
Lord Byron quotes: It is when we think we lead that we are most led. It is when we think we lead that we are most led.
Lord Byron quotes: Sleep hath its own world, and the wide realm of wild reality. Sleep hath its own world, and the wide realm of wild reality.
Lord Byron quotes: Be warm, be pure, be amorous, but be chaste. Be warm, be pure, be amorous, but be chaste.
Lord Byron quotes: I am never long, even in the society of her I love, without yearning for the company of my lamp and my library. I am never long, even in the society of her I love, without yearning for the company of my lamp and my library.
Lord Byron quotes: Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave? Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?
Lord Byron quotes: In commitment, we dash the hopes of a thousand potential selves. In commitment, we dash the hopes of a thousand potential selves.
Lord Byron quotes: I only know we loved in vain; I only feel-farewell! farewell! I only know we loved in vain; I only feel-farewell! farewell!
Lord Byron quotes: They truly mourn, that mourn without a witness. They truly mourn, that mourn without a witness.
Lord Byron quotes: Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them. Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
Lord Byron quotes: Your thief looks Exactly like the rest, or rather better; 'Tis only at the bar, and in the dungeon, That wise men know your felon by his features. Your thief looks Exactly like the rest, or rather better; 'Tis only at the bar, and in the dungeon, That wise men know your felon by his features.
Lord Byron quotes: Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce. Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.
Lord Byron quotes: Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die. Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die.
Lord Byron quotes: Retirement accords with the tone of my mind; I will not descend to a world I despise. Retirement accords with the tone of my mind; I will not descend to a world I despise.
Lord Byron quotes: Yet smelt roast meat, beheld a huge fire shine, And cooks in motion with their clean arms bared. Yet smelt roast meat, beheld a huge fire shine, And cooks in motion with their clean arms bared.
Lord Byron quotes: The dome of thought, the palace of the soul. The dome of thought, the palace of the soul.
Lord Byron quotes: Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native land-Good Night! Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native land-Good Night!
Lord Byron quotes: Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt, Not practise! Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt, Not practise!
Lord Byron quotes: What want these outlaws conquerors should have but history's purchased page to call them great? What want these outlaws conquerors should have but history's purchased page to call them great?
Lord Byron quotes: Italia! O Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty. Italia! O Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty.
Lord Byron quotes: Oh that the desert were my dwelling-place, With one fair spirit for my minister Oh that the desert were my dwelling-place, With one fair spirit for my minister
Lord Byron quotes: Know ye not who would be free themselves must strike the blow? by their right arms the conquest must be wrought? Know ye not who would be free themselves must strike the blow? by their right arms the conquest must be wrought?
Lord Byron quotes: I am always most religious upon a sunshiny day ... I am always most religious upon a sunshiny day ...
Lord Byron quotes: The truly brave are soft of heart and eyes, and feel for what their duty bids them do. The truly brave are soft of heart and eyes, and feel for what their duty bids them do.
Lord Byron quotes: Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair? Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven? Can vice atone for crimes by prayer. Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair? Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven? Can vice atone for crimes by prayer.
Lord Byron quotes: My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief, Are mine alone! My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief, Are mine alone!
Lord Byron quotes: What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry. What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry.
Lord Byron quotes: The law of heaven and earth is life for life. The law of heaven and earth is life for life.
Lord Byron quotes: Religion-freedom-vengeance-what you will, A word's enough to raise mankind to kill. Religion-freedom-vengeance-what you will, A word's enough to raise mankind to kill.
Lord Byron quotes: Constancy ... that small change of love, which people exact so rigidly, receive in such counterfeit coin, and repay in baser metal. Constancy ... that small change of love, which people exact so rigidly, receive in such counterfeit coin, and repay in baser metal.
Lord Byron quotes: 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come. 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come.
Lord Byron quotes: There's not a sea the passenger e'er pukes in, Turns up more dangerous breakers than the Euxine. There's not a sea the passenger e'er pukes in, Turns up more dangerous breakers than the Euxine.
Lord Byron quotes: The heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old! The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. The heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old!
The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Lord Byron quotes: Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
Lord Byron quotes: I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves. I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.
Lord Byron quotes: Prolonged endurance tames the bold. Prolonged endurance tames the bold.
Lord Byron quotes: I am as comfortless as a pilgrim with peas in his shoes - and as cold as Charity, Chastity or any other Virtue. I am as comfortless as a pilgrim with peas in his shoes - and as cold as Charity, Chastity or any other Virtue.
Lord Byron quotes: You should have a softer pillow than my heart. You should have a softer pillow than my heart.
Lord Byron quotes: Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels. Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels.
Lord Byron quotes: That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, and fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst. That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, and fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.
Lord Byron quotes: I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
Lord Byron quotes: A quiet conscience makes one so serene. A quiet conscience makes one so serene.
Lord Byron quotes: Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Lord Byron quotes: There is a tear for all who die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave. There is a tear for all who die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave.
Lord Byron quotes: Tis said that persons living on annuities Are longer lived than others. Tis said that persons living on annuities Are longer lived than others.
Lord Byron quotes: But there are wanderers o'er Eternity Whose bark drives on and on, and anchor'd ne'er shall be. But there are wanderers o'er Eternity Whose bark drives on and on, and anchor'd ne'er shall be.
Lord Byron quotes: Tis not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone, which fades so fast, But the tender bloom of heart is gone, ere youth itself be past. Tis not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone, which fades so fast, But the tender bloom of heart is gone, ere youth itself be past.
Lord Byron quotes: Rough Johnson, the great moralist. Rough Johnson, the great moralist.
Lord Byron quotes: Fill high the cup with Samian wine! Fill high the cup with Samian wine!
Lord Byron quotes: Champagne with its foaming whirls/As white as Cleopatra's pearls. Champagne with its foaming whirls/As white as Cleopatra's pearls.
Lord Byron quotes: My native land, good night! My native land, good night!
Lord Byron quotes: I love the language, it sounds as if it should be writ on satin with syllables which breathe of the sweet South I love the language, it sounds as if it should be writ on satin with syllables which breathe of the sweet South
Lord Byron quotes: Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country. Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.
Lord Byron quotes: It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it. It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it.
Lord Byron quotes: Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection. Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
Lord Byron quotes: What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in decay. What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in decay.
Lord Byron quotes: In hope to merit heaven by making earth a hell. In hope to merit heaven by making earth a hell.
Lord Byron quotes: We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.
Lord Byron quotes: The French courage proceeds from vanity The French courage proceeds from vanity
Lord Byron quotes: Land of lost gods and godlike men. Land of lost gods and godlike men.
Lord Byron quotes: So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry. So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry.
Lord Byron quotes: None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear. None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.
Lord Byron quotes: O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapour. O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapour.
Lord Byron quotes: Think not I am what I appear. Think not I am what I appear.
Lord Byron quotes: Bologna is celebrated for producing popes, painters, and sausage. Bologna is celebrated for producing popes, painters, and sausage.
Lord Byron quotes: I die but first I have possessed, And come what may, I have been blessed. I die but first I have possessed, And come what may, I have been blessed.
Lord Byron quotes: Whatsoever thy birth, thou were a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth. Whatsoever thy birth, thou were a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.
Lord Byron quotes: No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving. No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving.
Lord Byron quotes: I stood among them, but not of them: in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts. I stood among them, but not of them: in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts.
Lord Byron quotes: Eat, drink and love ... the rest is not worth a nickel Eat, drink and love ... the rest is not worth a nickel
Lord Byron quotes: Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket. Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.
Lord Byron quotes: Folly loves the martyrdom of fame. Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
Lord Byron quotes: To chase the glowing hours with flying feet. To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
Lord Byron quotes: I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people - being always excited. I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people - being always excited.
Lord Byron quotes: Exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year. Exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year.
Lord Byron quotes: I am not nowThat which I have been. I am not now
That which I have been.
Lord Byron quotes: Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life - and if Virtue is not its own reward I don't know any other stipend annexed to it. Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life - and if Virtue is not its own reward I don't know any other stipend annexed to it.
Lord Byron quotes: Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it. Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.
Lord Byron quotes: Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf. Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf.
Lord Byron quotes: Glory, like the phoenix 'midst her fires, Exhales her odours, blazes, and expires. Glory, like the phoenix 'midst her fires, Exhales her odours, blazes, and expires.
Lord Byron quotes: And I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music ... Speak to me! And I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music ... Speak to me!
Lord Byron quotes: And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear. And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.
Lord Byron quotes: It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake. It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.
Lord Byron quotes: Good work and joyous play go hand in hand. When play stops, old age begins. Play keeps you from taking life too seriously. Good work and joyous play go hand in hand. When play stops, old age begins. Play keeps you from taking life too seriously.
Lord Byron quotes: Grief should be the instructor of the wise; Sorrow is Knowledge. Grief should be the instructor of the wise; Sorrow is Knowledge.
Lord Byron quotes: No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed. No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed.
Lord Byron quotes: I see before me the gladiator lie. I see before me the gladiator lie.
Lord Byron quotes: Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power. Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.
Lord Byron quotes: Ah, happy years! once more who would not be a boy? Ah, happy years! once more who would not be a boy?
Lord Byron quotes: This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions. This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.
Lord Byron quotes: Had sigh'd to many, though he loved but one. Had sigh'd to many, though he loved but one.
Lord Byron quotes: Self praise is no praise at all. Self praise is no praise at all.
Lord Byron quotes: Now I shall go to sleep. Goodnight. Now I shall go to sleep. Goodnight.
Lord Byron quotes: Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave. Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave.
Lord Byron quotes: That low vice, curiosity! That low vice, curiosity!
Lord Byron quotes: I speak not of men's creeds - they rest between Man and his Maker. I speak not of men's creeds - they rest between Man and his Maker.
Lord Byron quotes: Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom. Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.
Lord Byron quotes: Time strips our illusions of their hue, And one by one in turn, some grand mistake Casts off its bright skin yearly like the snake. Time strips our illusions of their hue, And one by one in turn, some grand mistake Casts off its bright skin yearly like the snake.
Lord Byron quotes: I awoke one morning and found myself famous. I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

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