All George Byron Quotes
I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
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Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion.
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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?
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Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.
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For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?
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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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Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
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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.
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Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.
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Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.
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Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.
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