More Quotes by Lord Byron
Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
The premises are so delightfully extensive, that two people might live together without ever seeing, hearing or meeting.
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.
Whatsoever thy birth, Thou wert a beautiful thought, and softly bodied forth.
They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.
Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.
The heart will break, but broken live on.
Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.
Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.
There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men. A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell. But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!
