British - Poet | January 22, 1788 - April 19, 1824
Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at?
Lord Byron
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The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go.
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Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life - and if Virtue is not its own reward I don't know any other stipend annexed to it.
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In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy.
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What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
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He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.
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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.
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Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.
LaughCountryRightSingleSpain
I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?
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Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.
LoveMenNowHatredPleasureFar
A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
WomanManFindWillExpectMay
Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion.
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