Tag: Lord Byron
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‘Tis pleasant, sure, to see one’s name in print. A book’s a book, although there’s nothing in ‘t.
Lord Byron
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As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others.
Lord Byron
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I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.
Lord Byron
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Shakespeare’s name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.
Lord Byron
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It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe – you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.
Lord Byron
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Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
Lord Byron
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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
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There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?
Lord Byron
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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.
Lord Byron
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Lovers may be – and indeed generally are – enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.
Lord Byron