Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it By their examples of true Christianity: In… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
It would be difficult, perhaps, to find the annals of a nation less stained with crimes than those of the Armenians, whose… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
As to Don Juan, confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of writing; it may be bawdy, but is… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“When people say, 'I've told you fifty times,' They mean to scold, and very often do; When poets say, 'I've… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I die but first I have possessed, And come what may, I have been blessed. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill, And tailors' lays be longer than their bill! While punctual beaux reward the grateful notes, And… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I have had, and may have still, a thousand friends, as they are called, in life, who are like one's partners in… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Here lies interred in the eternity of the past, from whence there is no resurrection for the days - whatever there may… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
And the small ripple spilt upon the beach Scarcely o'erpass'd the cream of your champagne, When o'er the brim the sparkling bumpers… — 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
Are we aware of our obligations to a mob? It is the mob that labor in your fields and serve in your… — 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
