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“If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver.”
— Lord Byron
“What a strange thing man is; and what a stranger thing woman.”
— Lord Byron
“I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves. ”
— Lord Byron
“This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.”
— Lord Byron
“He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly? ”
— Lord Byron
“Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.”
— Lord Byron
“Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them. ”
— Lord Byron
“The dew of compassion is a tear.”
— Lord Byron
“In solitude, where we are least alone.”
— Lord Byron
“One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I'll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other. ”
— Lord Byron
“I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. ”
— Lord Byron
“I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.”
— Lord Byron
“It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.”
— Lord Byron
“Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.”
— Lord Byron
“He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.”
— Lord Byron
“I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.”
— Lord Byron
“Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people. ”
— Lord Byron
“I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned. ”
— Lord Byron
“Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men.”
— Lord Byron
“Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment. ”
— Lord Byron
“I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness. ”
— Lord Byron
“Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave? ”
— Lord Byron
“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
“The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice. ”
— Lord Byron
“Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. ”
— Lord Byron
“Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil”
— Lord Byron
“It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it. ”
— Lord Byron
“Life's enchanted cup sparkles near the brim.”
— Lord Byron
“Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.”
— Lord Byron
“We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.”
— Lord Byron
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