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• Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

  Lord Byron

  Reputation, Fame, Folly

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.513, Delphi Classics

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• Old man! 'Tis not difficult to die.

  Lord Byron

  Men, Old Man, Difficult

  'Manfred' (2nd ed., 1819) act 3, sc. 4, l. 151

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• Yes! Ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

  Lord Byron

  Money, Lamps, Aladdin's Lamp

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.2206, Delphi Classics

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• And hold up to the sun my little taper.

  Lord Byron

  Littles, Sun, Authorship

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.2208, Delphi Classics

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• A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.

  Lord Byron

  Change, Dream, Spirit

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.505, Delphi Classics

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• I have always laid it down as a maxim -and found it justified by experience -that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex -but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other.

  Lord Byron

  Love, Friendship, Sex

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• We of the craft are all crazy.

  Lord Byron

  Crazy, Bipolar, Crafts

  " New study claims to find genetic link between creativity and mental illness" by Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. June 8, 2015.

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• The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,
  The moon, their mistress, had expir'd before;
  The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air,
  And the clouds perish'd; Darkness had no need
  Of aid from them-She was the Universe.

  Lord Byron

  Moon, Clouds, Air

  George Gordon Byron, “Darkness”

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• Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till-'t is gone, and all is gray.

  Lord Byron

  Dolphins, Gone, Lasts

  Lord Byron, Lord George Gordon Byron (2013). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.138, Cambridge University Press

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• Oh Rome! My country! City of the soul!

  Lord Byron

  Country, Rome, Cities

  'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' (1812-18) canto 4, st. 78

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• Here's a sigh to those who love me,And a smile to those who hate;And, whatever sky's above me,Here's a heart for every fate.

  Lord Byron

  Hate, Heart, Fate

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.536, Delphi Classics

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• It is not for minds like ours to give or to receive flatter; yet the praises of sincerity have ever been permitted to the voice of friendship

  Lord Byron

  Voice, Giving, Mind

  Lord Byron, Lord George Gordon Byron (2013). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.124, Cambridge University Press

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• I love the language, it sounds as if it should be writ on satin with syllables which breathe of the sweet South

  Lord Byron

  Sweet, Sound, Language

  Lord Byron (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.350, Routledge

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• Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?

  Lord Byron

  Track, Steps, Glory

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.513, Delphi Classics

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• Glory, like the phoenix 'midst her fires, Exhales her odours, blazes, and expires.

  Lord Byron

  Fire, Phoenix, Glory

  'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers' (1809) l. 959

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• Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die.

  Lord Byron

  Nature, Greatness, Men

  George Gordon Byron, “Monody On The Death Of The Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan”

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• How sweet and soothing is this hour of calm! I thank thee, night! for thou has chased away these horrid bodements which, amidst the throng, I could not dissipate; and with the blessing of thy benign and quiet influence now will I to my couch, although to rest is almost wronging such a night as this.

  Lord Byron

  Sweet, Blessing, Night

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• If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

  Lord Byron

  Self, Envy, Doubt

  "Letters and Journals of Lord Byron". Book by Thomas Moore, Vol III, Chap. XVII, p. 208, 1830.

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• A good coach encourages the same type of resilience in the people they work with. They encourage them to take risks. If the risk results in failure, they help all people to learn from the mistake and then go on to try another way.

  Lord Byron

  Mistake, People, Risk

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• I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me, but I am very willing to put up with the mistake, if it be one. It is a title dearly enough bought by most men, to render it endurable, even when not quite clearly made out, which it never can be till the Posterity, whose decisions are merely dreams to ourselves, has sanctioned or denied it, while it can touch us no further.

  Lord Byron

  Dream, Mistake, Men

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• I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me, but I am very willing to put up with the mistake, if it be one.

  Lord Byron

  Mistake, Genius, Call Me

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• Frienship is eros...without wings

  Lord Byron

  Friendship, Wings, Eros

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• History - the devil's scripture

  Lord Byron

  Devil, Scripture

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• I can't but say it is an awkward sight To see one's native land receding through The growing waters; it unmans one quite, Especially when life is rather new.

  Lord Byron

  Country, Sight, Land

  LORD BYRON (1875). “DON JUAN”, p.43

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• Lord of himself; that heritage of woe!

  Lord Byron

  Heritage, Woe, Lord

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.3230, Delphi Classics

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