We have progressively improved into a less spiritual species of tenderness -- but the seal is not yet fixed though the wax is preparing for the impression.
Lord Byron
I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.
Lord Byron
He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?
Lord Byron
There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.
Lord Byron
Sleep hath it's own world, And a wide realm of wild reality. And dreams in their development have breath, And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy.
Lord Byron
Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon -- the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.
Lord Byron
So much alarmed that she is quite alarming, All Giggle, Blush, half Pertness, and half Pout.
Lord Byron
O Fame! if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover The thought that I was not unworthy to love her.
Lord Byron
Love Quotes
In general I do not draw well with literary men -- not that I dislike them but I never know what to say to them after I have praised their last publication.
Lord Byron
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; A book's a book, although there's nothing in't.
Lord Byron
The tenor's voice is spoilt by affectation, And for the bass, the beast can only bellow; In fact, he had no singing education, An ignorant, noteless, timeless, tuneless fellow.
Lord Byron
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.