"I have a great mind to believe in……" — Lord Byron

"I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned."

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382 Quotes by Lord Byron

Lord Byron has 382 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes,…
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his…
I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes…
Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.
Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a…
Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward,…
I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always…
I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.
It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not…

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More Atheism Quotes

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — Aristotle
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. — Mary Astell
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. — Francis Bacon
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal… — Francis Bacon
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased… — Francis Bacon
You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. — Tammy Faye Bakker
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the… — Douglas Adams
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. — Brigitte Bardot
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. — Edward Abbey

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