"But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint……" — Lord Byron
"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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Lord Byron
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382 Quotes by Lord Byron
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There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes,…
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his…
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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes…
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Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.
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Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
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Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
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Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a…
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Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward,…
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I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always…
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I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.
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It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not…
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The allegations of me being a pedophile are spurious, at best. However I will admit that taking my knickers off…
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For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest,…
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Lord save us from off-handed, flabby-cheeked, brittle-boned, weak-kneed, thin-skinned, pliable, plastic, spineless, effeminate, ossified, three-karat Christianity.
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From the drawing-room window I see pass almost daily an old gentleman with white hair, a firm step, broad shoulders,…
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He was the most perfectly formed man she'd ever imagined. He was movie stars, men in underwear commercials, guys at…
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Willa’s big blue eyes, Willa’s dimpled-cheeked smile. Tiffin’s shaggy blond mane, Tiffin’s cheeky grin. Kit’s yells of excitement, Kit’s glow…
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