| 349 Famous Quotes by Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron)
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“Which cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires
The young, makes Weariness forget his toil,
And Fear her danger; opens a new world
When this, the present, palls.”
Wine and spirits Quotes Source: Sardanapalus (act I, sc. 1)
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“Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels.”
Wine and spirits Quotes Source: Sweet Things (st. 5)
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“Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun
The many still must labour for the one.”
Labor Quotes Source: The Corsair (canto I, st. 8)
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“Father of Light! great God of Heaven!
Hear'st thou the accents of despair?
Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven?
Can vice atone for crimes by prayer?”
Prayer Quotes Source: Prayer of Nature
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“Father! no prophet's laws I seek,--
Thy laws in Nature's works appear;--
I own myself corrupt and weak,
Yet will I pray, for thou wilt hear.”
Prayer Quotes Source: Prayer of Nature
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“My heart is feminine, nor can forget--
To all, except one image, madly blind;
So shakes the needle, and so stands the pole,
As vibrates my fond heart to my fix'd soul.”
Influence Quotes Source: Don Juan (canto I, st. 196)
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“When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.”
Mind Quotes Source: Don Juan (canto XI, st. 1), an allusion to a dissertation by Berkeley on Mind and Matter found in no
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“'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle,
Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.”
Mind Quotes Source: Don Juan (canto XI, st. 60)
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“For most men (till by losing rendered sager)
Will back their own opinion is by a wager.”
Opinion Quotes Source: Beppo (st. 27)
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“That all-softening, overpowering knell,
The tocsin of the soul--the dinner bell.”
Bells Quotes Source: Don Juan (canto V, st. 49)
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“For what were all these country patriots born?
To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?”
Patriotism Quotes Source: The Age of Bronze
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“Hereditary bondsmen! Know ye not
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?”
Freedom Quotes Source: Childe Harold (canto II, st. 76)
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“Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.”
Freedom Quotes Source: Childe Harold (canto IV, st. 98)
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“For Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft is ever won.”
Freedom Quotes Source: Giaour (l. 123)
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“Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea!
Jehovah hath triumphed--his people are free.
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),”
Freedom Quotes Source: Sacred Songs--Sound of loud Timbrel
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“I want a hero: an uncommon want,
When every year and month sends forth a new one.”
Heroes Quotes Source: Don Juan (canto I, st. 1)
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“Yon Sun that sets upon the sea
We follow in his flight;
Farewell awhile to him and thee,
My native land--Good Night!”
Love of country Quotes Source: Childe Harold (canto I, st. 13)
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“Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see
What Heaven hath done for this delicious land!”
Love of country Quotes Source: Childe Harold (canto I, st. 15)
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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.”
Love of country Quotes Source: Don Juan (canto II, st. 12)
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“Cooped in their winged sea-girt citadel.”
Navy Quotes Source: Childe Harold (canto II, st. 28)
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“Right--that will do for the marines.”
Navy Quotes Source: The Island (II, XXI)
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“Mark! where his carnage and his conquests cease,
He makes a solitude and calls it--peace!”
Peace Quotes Source: The Bride of Abydos (canto II, st. 20)
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“Oh that the desert were my dwelling-place!”
Peace Quotes Source: Childe Harold (canto IV, l. 177)
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“I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
[Lat., Iniquissimam pacem justissimo bello antefero.]”
Peace Quotes Source: Childe Harold (canto IV, l. 177)
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“Around his form his loose long robe was thrown,
And wrapt a breast bestowed on heaven alone.”
Apparel Quotes Source: Corsair (canto II, st. 3)
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Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron) Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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