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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about being

I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about criminals, man, fairy tales

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a...

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about americans

If I could always read, I should never feel the want of...

If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about companies

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about mind

If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about fall, affair

In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is...

In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about hypocrisy, virtue

In solitude, where we are least alone.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about solitude

It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a...

It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about time

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe -...

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe - you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about sleep, reason, faith, man, contentment

It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it.

It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about life

Keep thy smooth words and juggling homilies for those who...

Keep thy smooth words and juggling homilies for those who know thee not.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about word

Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is...

Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about danger, love

Life's enchanted cup sparkles near the brim.

Life's enchanted cup sparkles near the brim.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about life

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes...

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about love, life

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to...

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about fear, love

Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about jealousy, enemies, self-control

Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about atoms, spring, present, help, body, secret, mind, god, good, good luck

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life...

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about being, man, life

Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about woman, existence, love, man, life

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