Lord Byron quotes - page 7

To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all. (Lord Byron)
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. View quote
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The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice. View quote
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For in itself a thought, a slumbering thought, is capable of years, and curdles a long life into one hour. View quote
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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. View quote
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I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail. View quote
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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. View quote
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The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch. View quote
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Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger. View quote
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Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion. View quote
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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. (Lord Byron)
I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual. View quote
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Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love. View quote
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Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire. View quote
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Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean - roll Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain Man marks the earth with ruin - his control Stops with the shore. View quote
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The dew of compassion is a tear. View quote
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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. View quote
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Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! View quote
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We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. View quote
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A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands. View quote
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What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now. (Lord Byron)
A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends. View quote
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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? View quote
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Prolonged endurance tames the bold. View quote
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This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions. View quote
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