Quotes by George Gordon Byron, page 6
114 quotes by George Gordon Byron
We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.
Quote by George Gordon Byron about good, good luck
What a strange thing man is; and what a stranger thing woman.
Quote by George Gordon Byron about things, woman, man
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
Quote by George Gordon Byron about fame, nothing, being, people
What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now.
Quote by George Gordon Byron about earth, age, olderness, life
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.
Quote by George Gordon Byron about air, joy, voice
Why did she love him? Curious fool - be still - is human love the growth of human will?
Quote by George Gordon Byron about human imperfections, love
Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
Quote by George Gordon Byron about atoms, celebrity, stars
Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven!
Quote by George Gordon Byron about celebrity, stars, poetry
Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire.
Quote by George Gordon Byron about immortality, earth, light, fire, fire brigade, love