Lord Byron Quotes
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I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, . . . that I think there should be a law amongst us to set our young men abroad for a term among the few allies our wars have left us.
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Till taught by pain, men know not water's worth.
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The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea,When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
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The devil was the first democrat.
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Let joy be unconfined.
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On with the dance! let joy be unconfin'd No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the Glowing Hours with Flying feet.
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Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features Are brought up, others by a warlike leader; Some by a place--as tend their years or natures; The most by ready cash--but all have prices, From crowns to kicks, according to their vices.
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This place is the Devil, or at least his principal residence, they call it the University, but any other appellation would have suited it much better, for study is the last pursuit of the society; the Master eats, drinks, and sleeps, the Fellows drink, dispute and pun, the employments of the undergraduates you will probably conjecture without my description.
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Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
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And what is writ is writ - / Would it were worthier!
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I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me, but I am very willing to put up with the mistake, if it be one.
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Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die.
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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea.
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You gave me the key to your heart, my love, then why did you make me knock?
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Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.
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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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The lapse of ages changes all things - time, language, the earth, the bounds of the sea, the stars of the sky, and every thing about, around, and underneath man, except man himself.
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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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He who is only just is cruel; who Upon the earth would live were all judged justly?
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I love not man the less, but Nature more.
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Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave.
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Go let thy less than woman's hand Assume the distaff not the brand.
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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.