Lord Byron Quotes - Page 9

Quotes about:

• As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others.

  Lord Byron

  Nature, Passion, Long

  Lord Byron (1990). “The Sayings of Lord Byron”, p.21, Gerald Duckworth & Co

  12 Copy quote

• As falls the dew on quenchless sands, blood only serves to wash ambition's hands.

  Lord Byron

  Fall, Ambition, Blood

  George Gordon Byron, “Don Juan: Canto The Ninth”

  9 Copy quote

• Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda water the day after. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication: Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk The hopes of all men, and of every nation; Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk Of life's strange tree, so fruitful on occasion: But to return--Get very drunk; and when You wake with head-ache, you shall see what then.

  Lord Byron

  Laughter, Wine, Men

  'Don Juan' (1819-24) canto 2, st. 179

  9 Copy quote

• Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull

  Lord Byron

  Beautiful, Stars, Sky

  LORD BYRON (1875). “DON JUAN”, p.76

  4 Copy quote

• He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

  Lord Byron

  Jealousy, Hate, Ambition

  Lord Byron (2015). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.65, Sheba Blake Publishing

  10 Copy quote

• War, war is still the cry,-"war even to the knife!"

  Lord Byron

  War, Knives, Cry

  Lord Byron, Lord George Gordon Byron (2013). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.41, Cambridge University Press

  4 Copy quote

• I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation -- they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.

  Lord Byron

  Nature, Men, Thinking

  Lord Byron (1990). “The Sayings of Lord Byron”, p.12, Gerald Duckworth & Co

  11 Copy quote

• She was like me in lineaments-- her eyes Her hair, her features, all, to the very tone Even of her voice, they said were like to mine; But soften'd all, and temper'd into beauty; She had the same lone thoughts and wanderings, The quest of hidden knowledge, and a mind To comprehend the universe: nor these Alone, but with them gentler powers than mine, Pity, and smiles, and tears-- which I had not; And tenderness-- but that I had for her; Humility-- and that I never had. Her faults were mine-- her virtues were her own-- I loved her, and destroy'd her!

  Lord Byron

  Humility, Eye, Voice

  Lord Byron (2014). “Manfred”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

  6 Copy quote

• This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.

  Lord Byron

  Mortality, Mortals

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.1154, Delphi Classics

  4 Copy quote

• Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain

  Lord Byron

  Wine, May, Soda

  Lord Byron (2013). “Don Juan”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

  7 Copy quote

• Man is a carnivorous production, And must have meals, at least one meal a day; He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction, But, like the shark and tiger, must have prey; Although his anatomical construction Bears vegetables, in a grumbling way, Your laboring people think beyond all question, Beef, veal, and mutton better for digestion.

  Lord Byron

  Food, Men, Thinking

  Lord Byron (2017). “Don Juan”, p.102, BookRix

  6 Copy quote

• Are we aware of our obligations to a mob? It is the mob that labor in your fields and serve in your houses - that man your navy, and recruit your army - that have enabled you to defy the world, and can also defy you when neglect and calamity have driven them to despair. You may call the people a mob; but do not forget that a mob too often speaks the sentiments of the people.

  Lord Byron

  Army, Men, People

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.3042, Delphi Classics

  9 Copy quote

• Years steal fire from the mind as vigor from the limb; and life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.

  Lord Byron

  Life, Fire, Years

  'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' (1812-18) canto 3, st. 8

  11 Copy quote

• If ancient tales say true, nor wrong these holy men.

  Lord Byron

  Men, Ancient, Holy

  Lord Byron (2015). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.6, Sheba Blake Publishing

  8 Copy quote

• Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven!

  Lord Byron

  Stars, Inspiration, Heaven

  Lord Byron, Donald A. Low (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.56, Routledge

  6 Copy quote

• Fame is the thirst of youth.

  Lord Byron

  Literature, Youth, Fame

  Lord Byron (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.63, Routledge

  11 Copy quote

• 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.

  Lord Byron

  Love, Life, Angel

  George Gordon Byron, “The Giaour”

  15 Copy quote

• A quiet conscience makes one so serene.

  Lord Byron

  Quiet, Human Nature, Serene

  Lord Byron (2015). “Don Juan”, p.29, Xist Publishing

  7 Copy quote

• Time strips our illusions of their hue, And one by one in turn, some grand mistake Casts off its bright skin yearly like the snake.

  Lord Byron

  Mistake, Snakes, Skins

  Lord Byron (2015). “Don Juan”, p.182, Xist Publishing

  6 Copy quote

• I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.

  Lord Byron

  Thinking, Humanity, Devil

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.2725, Delphi Classics

  12 Copy quote

• Though the day of my Destiny 's over, And the star of my Fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find.

  Lord Byron

  Stars, Heart, Fate

  Lord Byron (2013). “Selected Poems of Lord Byron”, p.19, Lulu Press, Inc

  6 Copy quote

• But stories somehow lengthen when begun.

  Lord Byron

  Stories, Conversation

  Lord Byron (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.352, Routledge

  8 Copy quote

• Critics are already made.

  Lord Byron

  Criticism, Made, Critics

  8 Copy quote

• Italia! O Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty.

  Lord Byron

  Beauty

  'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' (1812-18) canto 4, st. 42

  4 Copy quote

• Exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year.

  Lord Byron

  Wisdom, Years, Exhausting

  Lord Byron, Lord George Gordon Byron (2013). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.118, Cambridge University Press

  9 Copy quote

Page 9 of 24

First

← Prev

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin