For a man to become a poet (witness Petrarch and Dante), he must be in love, or miserable. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“The kiss, dear maid ! thy lip has left Shall never part from mine, Till happier hours restore the gift Untainted back… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief,… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
But as to women, who can penetrate the real sufferings of their she condition? Man's very sympathy with their estate has much… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I stood among them, but not of them: in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The sword outwears its sheath, and the soul wears out the breast. And the heart must pause to breathe, and love itself… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past - For years fleet away with the wings of the dove -… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Well, well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails, And live and die,… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Marriage, from love, like vinegar from wine-- A sad, sour sober beverage--by time Is sharpened from its high celestial flavor Down to… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“My Dearest Theresa, I have read this book in your garden, my love, you were absent, or else I could not have… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her. Never underestimate the power of… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Your thief looks Exactly like the rest, or rather better; 'Tis only at the bar, and in the dungeon, That wise men know your… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
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… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“We of the craft are all crazy. Some are affected by gaiety, others by melancholy, but all are more or less touched.” — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
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. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
For most men (till by losing rendered sager), Will back their own opinions by a wager — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
