--- title: "3 Dread Quotes By Lord Byron" description: "3 Dread quotes by Lord Byron. Plus more from Lord Byron and more Dread sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/lord-byron-356_commit_when-people-say-i-ve-told-you-fifty-time_387909.jpg" --- > [“When people say, 'I've told you fifty times,'        They mean to scold, and very often do;      When poets say, 'I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/when-people-say-i-ve-told-you-fifty-times-they-mean-to-scold-and-very/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/lord-byron-356_commit_when-people-say-i-ve-told-you-fifty-time_387909.jpg) > [The image of Eternity--the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/the-image-of-eternity-the-throne-of-the-invisible-even-from-out-thy/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/lord-byron-356_deep-ocean_the-image-of-eternity-the-throne-of-the_1576626.jpg) > [A sleep without dreams, after a rough day of toil, is what we covet most; and yet How clay shrinks back from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/a-sleep-without-dreams-after-a-rough-day-of-toil-is-what-we-covet/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01b/lord-byron-356_breaths_a-sleep-without-dreams-after-a-rough-day_2506290.jpg) ## Other authors on Dread ## More by Lord Byron > [A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/a-thousand-years-may-scare-form-a-state-an-hour-may-lay-it-in-ruins/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/to-chase-the-glowing-hours-with-flying-feet/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [Your thief looks Exactly like the rest, or rather better; 'Tis only at the bar, and in the dungeon, That wise men know your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/your-thief-looks-exactly-like-the-rest-or-rather-better-tis-only-at/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/age-shakes-athena-s-tower-but-spares-gray-marathon/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/she-walks-in-beauty-like-the-night-of-cloudless-climes-and-starry/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [“We of the craft are all crazy. Some are affected by gaiety, others by melancholy, but all are more or less touched.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/we-of-the-craft-are-all-crazy-some-are-affected-by-gaiety-others-by/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/men-love-in-haste-but-they-detest-at-leisure/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [And the commencement of atonement is the sense of its necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/and-the-commencement-of-atonement-is-the-sense-of-its-necessity/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/self-love-for-ever-creeps-out-like-a-snake-to-sting-anything-which/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [Lord of himself; that heritage of woe!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/lord-of-himself-that-heritage-of-woe/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [Here's a sigh to those who love me,And a smile to those who hate;And, whatever sky's above me,Here's a heart for every fate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/here-s-a-sigh-to-those-who-love-me-and-a-smile-to-those-who-hate-and/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [For most men (till by losing rendered sager), Will back their own opinions by a wager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/for-most-men-till-by-losing-rendered-sager-will-back-their-own/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [It is by far the most elegant worship, hardly excepting the Greek mythology. What with incense, pictures, statues, altars, shrines, relics, and the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/it-is-by-far-the-most-elegant-worship-hardly-excepting-the-greek/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [I should like to know who has been carried off, except poor dear me - I have been more ravished myself than anybody since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/i-should-like-to-know-who-has-been-carried-off-except-poor-dear-me-i/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) > [O thou beautiful And unimaginable ether! and Ye multiplying masses of increased And still increasing lights! what are ye? what Is this blue wilderness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/o-thou-beautiful-and-unimaginable-ether-and-ye-multiplying-masses-of/) [Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dread/lord-byron/#itemlist", "name": "3 Dread Quotes By Lord Byron", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When people say, 'I've told you fifty times,'        They mean to scold, and very often do;      When poets say, 'I've written fifty rhymes,'        They make you dread that they 'll recite them too;      In gangs of fifty, thieves commit their crimes;        At fifty love for love is rare, 't is true,      But then, no doubt, it equally as true is,      A good deal may be bought for fifty Louis.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lord Byron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/when-people-say-i-ve-told-you-fifty-times-they-mean-to-scold-and-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/lord-byron-356_commit_when-people-say-i-ve-told-you-fifty-time_387909.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/lord-byron-356_commit_when-people-say-i-ve-told-you-fifty-time_387909.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/lord-byron-356_commit_when-people-say-i-ve-told-you-fifty-time_387909.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When people say, 'I've told you fifty times,' They mean to scold, and very often do; When poets say, 'I've…” — Lord Byron", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lord Byron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/the-image-of-eternity-the-throne-of-the-invisible-even-from-out-thy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/lord-byron-356_deep-ocean_the-image-of-eternity-the-throne-of-the_1576626.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/lord-byron-356_deep-ocean_the-image-of-eternity-the-throne-of-the_1576626.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/lord-byron-356_deep-ocean_the-image-of-eternity-the-throne-of-the_1576626.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The image of Eternity--the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are…” — Lord Byron", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A sleep without dreams, after a rough day of toil, is what we covet most; and yet How clay shrinks back from more quiescent clay! 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