“He who is lord of himself, and exists upon his own resources, is a noble but a rare being.”
Source: The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart
Filter quotes by topic
Famous Egerton Brydges Quotes
Source: Letters on the Character and Poetical Genius of Lord Byron
Source: The Ruminator: containing a series of moral, critical, and sentimental essays
“To delight the ear and the eye is a mere sensual indulgence;—true poetry strikes at the soul.”