Lord Byron Quotes, Art Quotes, Riding Quotes

He learned the arts of riding, fencing, gunnery, And how to scale a fortress - or a nunnery.

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They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.

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Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolish'd the right arm Of his own country.

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I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me: and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture.

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This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction.

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A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

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So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart.

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

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Go let thy less than woman's hand Assume the distaff not the brand.

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I doubt sometimes whether a quiet and unagitated life would have suited me - yet I sometimes long for it.

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The image of Eternity--the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.

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Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.

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To be perfectly original one should think much and read little, and this is impossible, for one must have read before one has learnt to think.

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Lord of himself; that heritage of woe!

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Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man, without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the memory of Botswain, a dog.

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My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.

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The premises are so delightfully extensive, that two people might live together without ever seeing, hearing or meeting.

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America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

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