“The law of heaven and earth is life for life.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)
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“Rough Johnson, the great moralist.”
Source: DON JUAN
Source: DON JUAN
“A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts.”
Source: The Vision of Judgement
Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
“When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.”
“Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile.”
Source: DON JUAN
“Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.”
Source: DON JUAN
“All Heaven and Earth are still, though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most.”
Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
Source: Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)
Source: DON JUAN
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)
Source: DON JUAN
“Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)
“They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.”
Source: The Sayings of Lord Byron
“For the night Shows stars and women in a better light.”
Source: DON JUAN
“Fill high the cup with Samian wine!”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)
“But there are wanderers o'er Eternity Whose bark drives on and on, and anchor'd ne'er shall be.”
Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
“Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven!”
Source: Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose
“Be hypocritical, be cautious, be not what you seem but always what you see.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)
“Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so, Not for thy faults, but mine.”
Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
“Who falls from all he knows of bliss, Cares little into what abyss.”
Source: Selected Poems of Lord Byron
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)
“Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land!”
Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
Source: DON JUAN
“Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave.”
Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
Source: Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose
“Such partings break the heart they fondly hope to heal.”
Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
“Ada! sole daughter of my house and heart.”
Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
“Sleep hath its own world, and the wide realm of wild reality.”
“History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page.”
Source: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)