George Gordon Byron Quotes - Page 2

The lapse of ages changes all things - time - language - the earth - the bounds of the sea - the stars of the sky, and everything 'about, around, and underneath' man, except man himself, who has always been and always will be, an unlucky rascal. The infinite variety of lives conduct but to death, and the infinity of wishes lead but to disappointment. All the discoveries which have yet been made have multiplied little but existence.
George Gordon Byron
But words are things, and a small drop of ink,      Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think;      ’T is strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech, may form a lasting link      Of ages; to what straits old Time reduces Frail man, when paper — even a rag like this, Survives himself, his tomb, and all that’s his.
George Gordon Byron
We are all the fools of time and terror: DaysSteal on us and steal from us; yet we live,Loathing our life, and dreading still to die.
George Gordon Byron
They never fail who die in a great cause.
George Gordon Byron
Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.
George Gordon Byron
But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
George Gordon Byron
All who joy would winMust share it -- Happiness was born a twin.
George Gordon Byron
What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?The hearts bleed longest, and heals but to wear That which disfigures it.
George Gordon Byron
Wedded she some years, and to a manOf fifty, and such husbands are in plenty;And yet, I think, instead of such a ONE'Twere better to have TWO of five and twenty...
George Gordon Byron
Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most must mourn the deepest o’er the fatal truth, the Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.
George Gordon Byron
Tis strange,-but true; for truth is always strange;Stranger than fiction: if it could be told,How much would novels gain by the exchange!How differently the world would men behold!
George Gordon Byron
I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned.
George Gordon Byron
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
George Gordon Byron
The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist, even though in pain.
George Gordon Byron
In secret we met -In silence I grieve,That thy heart could forget,Thy spirit deceive.If I should meet theeAfter long years,How should I greet thee? -With silence and tears
George Gordon Byron