More Quotes by Lord Byron
Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear.
Be warm, be pure, be amorous, but be chaste.
I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.
You gave me the key to your heart, my love, then why did you make me knock?
Let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance! let joy be unconfin'd No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the Glowing Hours with Flying feet.
They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.
The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonised the whole — And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul!
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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.