British - Poet | January 22, 1788 - April 19, 1824
Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.
Lord Byron
GrowSometimesRunOffDaughters
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
LoveCountryThoughCountrymen
Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
SocietyNowTwoMightyBoredTries
It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it.
LifeDesireVeryCertainProlongs
I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.
MeProcessKnowSayProvePleasure
'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
LifeDeathDesireVeryCertainTis
Prolonged endurance tames the bold.
BoldEnduranceProlonged
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
BookNameNothingSeePleasantSure
I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.
NothingAlwaysFortuneThings
He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?
LiveEarthCruelOnlyJustWho
Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger.
LoveLove IsFlyThinkLateOwn
A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.
ArchitectureManDressPoetryThree
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