Lord Byron Quotes
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Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore, All ashes to the taste.
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Till taught by pain, men know not water's worth.
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A bargain is in its very essence a hostile transaction do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy? I contend that a bargain even between brethren is a declaration of war.
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Just as old age is creeping on space, And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day, They kindly leave us, though not quite alone, But in good company--the gout or stone.
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It is not one man nor a million, but the spirit of liberty that must be preserved. The waves which dash upon the shore are, one by one, broken, but the ocean conquers nevertheless. It overwhelms the Armada, it wears out the rock. In like manner, whatever the struggle of individuals, the great cause will gather strength.
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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.
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And what is writ is writ - / Would it were worthier!
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Alas! how deeply painful is all payment!
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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.
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Good work and joyous play go hand in hand. When play stops, old age begins. Play keeps you from taking life too seriously.
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Liberty - eternal spirit of the chainless mind...
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Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die.
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To be perfectly original one should think much and read little, and this is impossible, for one must have read before one has learnt to think.
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The Coach does not play in the game, but the Coach helps the players identify areas to improve their game.
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Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
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Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
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He who is only just is cruel; who Upon the earth would live were all judged justly?
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And those who saw, it did surprise, Such drops could fall from human eyes.
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Tis an old lesson; time approves it true, And those who know it best, deplore it most; When all is won that all desire to woo, The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost.
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Let joy be unconfined.
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My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea.
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Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.
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Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipeWhen tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe; Like other charmers, wooing the caressMore dazzlingly when daring in full dress; Yet thy true lovers more admire by farThy naked beauties-give me a cigar!
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Man marks the earth with ruin - his control stops with the shore.