Lord Byron Quotes

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.
Lord Byron

Hope, Fear, Nothing

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
Lord Byron

Nothing, Book, Sure

'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
Lord Byron

Death, Life, Desire

To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.
Lord Byron

Sincere, Motive, Scribbling

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.
Lord Byron

Trust, Good, Selfish

What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now.
Lord Byron

Life, Age, Alone

Who loves, raves.
Lord Byron

Love, Loves, Raves

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.
Lord Byron

Life, Opinion, Virtue

Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
Lord Byron

Fame, Loves, Folly

For in itself a thought, a slumbering thought, is capable of years, and curdles a long life into one hour.
Lord Byron

Life, Long, Thought

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

Hate, Down, Mankind

Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
Lord Byron

Great, Nothing, Her

I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.
Lord Byron

Good, Acting, Delightful

I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.
Lord Byron

Nothing, Ourselves, Fortune

I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
Lord Byron

Politics, Except, Subject

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.
Lord Byron

Men, True, Rather

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

American, Rather, Emperor

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.
Lord Byron

Business, Him, Fall

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

Pay, Hypocrisy, Virtue

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

Sleep, Reason, Tell

Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men.
Lord Byron

Smiles form the channels of a future tear.
Lord Byron

Future, Smiles, Tear

Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
Lord Byron

Society, Bored, Two

The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go.
Lord Byron

The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice.
Lord Byron

Children, Place, Quiet

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Poet

Born: January 22, 1788

Died: April 19, 1824

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