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More Quotes by Lord Byron
Adversity is the first path to truth.
There is no instinct like that of the heart.
Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
A drop of ink may make a million think.
A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover - but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
Happiness was born a twin.
Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.
Eat, drink and love...the rest is not worth a nickel
But 'why then publish?' There are no rewards Of fame or profit when the world grows weary. I ask in turn why do you play at cards? Why drink? Why read? To make some hour less dreary. It occupies me to turn back regards On what I've seen or pondered, sad or cheery, And what I write I cast upon the stream To swim or sink. I have had at least my dream.
...And these vicissitudes come best in youth; For when they happen at a riper age, People are apt to blame the Fates, forsooth, And wonder Providence is not more sage. Adversity is the first path to truth: He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage, Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty, Has won experience which is deem'd so weighty.
