Lord Byron Quotes

The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree
I planted; they have torn me, and I bleed.
I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.

Odlazim u inostranstvo; ako bude mogućno krenuću u proleće, ali pre polaska skupljam slike svojih najboljih školskih drugova; imam ih već nekoliko i treba mi još tvoja, inače će moja zbirka biti nepotpuna. Uzeo sam jednog od prvih slikara minijaturista našeg vremena da ih uradi, naravno o mom trošku pošto nikad ne dopuštam da moji poznanici budu izloženi ma i najmanjem izdatku radi zadovoljavanja nekih mojih ćudi. Može ti se učiniti nedelikatno što sam ovo pomenuo, ali kad ti kažem da je jedan naš zajednički prijatelj najpre odbio da pozira za portret verujući da će morati da plati iz svog džepa, uvidećeš da je nužno reći to odmah kako bi se izbegle druge slične greške. Videćemo se blagovremeno i ja ću te odvesti slikaru. Tvoje strpljenje će biti stavljeno na probu nedelju dana, ali molim te oprosti jer je mogućno da će ta slika biti jedino što će mi ostati od našeg negdašnjeg poznanstva i prijateljstva. Sad u ovom trenutku, to može izgledati neozbiljno, ali za nekoliko godina, kad neki od nas već budu mrtvi, a drugi rastavljeni neumitnim okolnostima, za nas će predstavljati izvesno zadovoljstvo to što ćemo u tim slikama živih sačuvati neku predstavu o sebi samima i što ćemo u slikama umrilh videti sve što je ostalo od rasuđivanja, osećanja i svakojakih strasti.

Bajron - pismo Vilijemu Harnesu, marta 1809.

For pleasures past I do not grieve, Nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave No thing that claims a tear. And now I'm in the world alone, Upon the wide, wide sea; But why should I for others groan, When none will sigh for me? Perchance my dog will whine in vain Till fed by stranger hands; But long ere I come back again He'd tear me where he stands.

They never fail who die in a great cause.

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend.

For Earth is but a tombstone

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover — but will sooner or later find a tyrant.

Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company.

And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power
Which could evade, if unforgiven, The patient search and vigil long
Of him who treasures up a wrong.

The "good old times" — all times when old are good —
Are gone.

But ’tis done — all words are idle — Words from me are vainer still;
But the thoughts we cannot bridle 55
Force their way without the will.

Fare thee well! thus disunited,
Torn from every nearer tie,
Sear’d in heart, and lone, and blighted,
More than this I scarce can die.

To be perfectly original one should think much and read little, and this is impossible, for one must have read before one has learnt to think.

Thou shalt believe in Milton, Dryden, Pope;
Thou shalt not set up Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey;
Because the first is crazed beyond all hope,
The second drunk, the third so quaint and mouthy.

Recuso-me a ser escravo de algum apetite.