Lord Byron Quotes, Hope Quotes, Truth Quotes

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.

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The Niobe of nations! there she stands.

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[Armenian] is a rich language, however, and would amply repay any one the trouble of learning it.

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Ah, nut-brown partridges! Ah, brilliant pheasants! And ah, ye poachers!--'Tis no sport for peasants.

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My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea.

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For a man to become a poet (witness Petrarch and Dante), he must be in love, or miserable.

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It has been said that the immortality of the soul is a grand peut-tre -but still it is a grand one. Everybody clings to it -the stupidest, and dullest, and wickedest of human bipeds is still persuaded that he is immortal.

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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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Glory, like the phoenix 'midst her fires, Exhales her odours, blazes, and expires.

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Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company.

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The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go.

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And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.

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Let no man grumble when his friends fall off, As they will do like leaves at the first breeze; When your affairs come round, one way or t'other, Go to the coffee house, and take another.

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The mellow autumn came, and with it came The promised party, to enjoy its sweets. The corn is cut, the manor full of game; The pointer ranges, and the sportsman beats In russet jacket;--lynx-like is his aim; Full grows his bag, and wonderful his feats. An, nutbrown partridges! An, brilliant pheasants! And ah, ye poachers!--'Tis no sport for peasants.

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What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour: For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their "midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.

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The dew of compassion is a tear.

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Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife, He would have written sonnets all his life?.

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Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.

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