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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 life 's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.
Lord Byron
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Such hath it been - shall be - beneath the sunThe many still must labour for the one!
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We of the craft are all crazy.
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Think'st thou existence doth depend on time? It doth; but actions are our epochs.
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Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it From its sad visions of the other world Than calling it at moments back to this. The busy have no time for tears.
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There is no passion, more spectral or fantastical than hate, not even its opposite, love, so peoples air, with phantoms, as this madness of the heart.
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Mans desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived.
Lord Byron
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The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice.
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Our life is two fold Sleep hath its own world, A boundary between the things misnamed Death and existence Sleep hath its own world, And a wide realm of wild reality.
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I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.
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Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.
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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
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I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people - being always excited.
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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.
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It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is little distinct left without an effort of memory, then indeed the lights are rekindled for a moment - but who can be sure that the Imagination is not the torch-bearer?
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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.
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Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.
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Religion-freedom-vengeance-what you will, A word's enough to raise mankind to kill.
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For all we know that English people are/ Fed upon beef - I won't say much of beer/ Because 'tis liquor only, and being far/ From this my subject, has no business here;/ We know too, they are very fond of war,/ A pleasure - like all pleasures - rather dear;/ So were the Cretans - from which I infer/ That beef and battle both were owing her.
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I learned to love despair.
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Time strips our illusions of their hue, And one by one in turn, some grand mistake Casts off its bright skin yearly like the snake.
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I awoke one day to find myself famous.
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Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave.
Lord Byron