Lord Byron Quotes · Page 2
1788 – 1824
English Romantic poet, author of 'Don Juan' and 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'.
50 quotesAbout Lord Byron on Wikipedia
“What is the end of fame? 'Tis but to fill a certain portion of uncertain paper.”
“In secret we met; in silence I grieve, that thy heart could forget, thy spirit deceive.”
“He was a lover of the good old school, who still become more constant as they cool.”
“Here's a sigh to those who love me, and a smile to those who hate.”
“When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home, let him combat for that of his neighbours.”
“For most men, till by losing rendered sager, will back their own opinions by a wager.”
“Heart on her lips, and soul within her eyes, soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies.”
“When people say, "I've told you fifty times," they mean to scold, and very often do.”
“I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.”
“But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, half dust, half deity, alike unfit to sink or soar.”
“No words suffice the secret soul to show, for truth denies all eloquence to woe.”
“Better to sink beneath the shock than moulder piecemeal on the rock.”
“Who hath not proved how feebly words essay to fix one spark of beauty's heavenly ray?”
“It ceased, and then it came again, the sweetest song ear ever heard.”
