"'Tis very puzzling on the brink Of what……" — Lord Byron
"'Tis very puzzling on the brink Of what is called Eternity to stare, And know no more of what is here, than there"
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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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It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near…
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I love to live on the brink of eternity.
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If I saw the gates of hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I would not…
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For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves…
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