Byron Quotes

47 Byron quotes by 43 unique authors

From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness,-a system in which the two great commandments were… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Lord Byron is only great as a poet; as soon as he reflects he is a child. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I am excessively slothful, and wonderfully industrious-by fits. There are epochs when any kind of mental exercise is torture, and when nothing yields me pleasure… — Edgar Allan Poe
When Byron's eyes were shut in death, We bow'd our head and held our breath. He taught us little; but our soul Had felt his… — Matthew Arnold
Time may restore us in his course Goethe's sage mind and Byron's force: But where will Europe's latter hour Again find Wordsworth's healing power? — Matthew Arnold
You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He describes what he sees I describe what I imagine. Mine… — John Keats
Romantic poetry had its heyday when people like Lord Byron were kicking it large. But you try and make a living as a poet today,… — Alan Moore
I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten, - happy,… — Brenda Ueland
Yet Byron never made tea as you do, who fill the pot so that when you put the lid on the tea spills over. There… — Virginia Woolf
forgive me also that I didn't fight like Lord Byron for the happiness of captive peoples that I watched only risings of the moon and… — Zbigniew Herbert
Byron says he won't go there. He give Kenny and Joey a story about "Wool Pooh," the supposed evil twin of Winnie-the-Pooh. They believe him,… — Christopher Paul Curtis
...then he looked at my T-shirt and saw Byron's picture on it and he quoted "She Walks in Beauty," which is like my favorite poem… — Christopher Moore
All human history attests That happiness for man, - the hungry sinner! - Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner. ~Lord Byron, Don Juan,… — Lord Byron
Fine,' Aria conceded. 'But *I'll* carry her.' She grabbed the baby seeat from the back. A smell of baby powder wafted up to greet her,… — Sara Shepard
I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover innkeepers, postillions, officials,… — Susanna Clarke
I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who doesnâ€™t feel too… — Jim Butcher
All that is good in our history is gathered in libraries. At this moment, Plato is down there at the library waiting for us. So… — Will Durant
Sometimes I can think of nothing more blissful than going to Berkeley and reading Byron for three years. — Andrea Riseborough
Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me. Lord Byron Love gives eyes to see what the eye without love can't see… — Sorin Cerin
Who shall heal murder? — Lord Byron

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