Lord Byron Quotes

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.

Fare thee well, and if for ever
Still for ever fare thee well.

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.

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

Hate is by far the greatest pleasure; men love in haste, but detest in leisure.

History, with all her volumes vast, hath but one page

I doubt sometimes whether a quiet and unagitated life would have suited me - yet I sometimes long for it.

I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.

What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
The hearts bleed longest, and heals but to wear
That which disfigures it.

Why do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.

And those who saw, it did surprise,
Such drops could fall from human eyes.

We are all the fools of time and terror: Days
Steal on us and steal from us; yet we live,
Loathing our life, and dreading still to die.

This is the age of oddities let loose.

Oh who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried.

Here’s a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate; And whatever sky’s above me, Here’s a heart for every fate.