Lord Byron Quotes, Men Quotes, Effort Quotes

I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.

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She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes.

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Though the day of my Destiny 's over, And the star of my Fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find.

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The music, and the banquet, and the wine-- The garlands, the rose odors, and the flowers, The sparkling eyes, and flashing ornaments-- The white arms and the raven hair--the braids, And bracelets; swan-like bosoms, and the necklace, An India in itself, yet dazzling not.

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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

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Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!

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Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more! though fallen, great!

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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.

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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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He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

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Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

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Eternity forbids thee to forget.

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I am the very slave of circumstance And impulse borne away with every breath! Misplaced upon the throne misplaced in life. I know not what I could have been, but feel I am not what I should be let it end.

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Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.

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No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!

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Who then will explain the explanation?

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Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it By their examples of true Christianity: In short, all know, or very short may know it.

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Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil, Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail.

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