George Gordon Byron Browse All Authors Top 24 quotes by George Gordon Byron There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more. George Gordon Byron For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'dAnd the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still George Gordon Byron Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. George Gordon Byron Adversity is the first path to truth. George Gordon Byron 'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't. George Gordon Byron They never fail who die in a great cause. George Gordon Byron But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. George Gordon Byron And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description. George Gordon Byron Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country. George Gordon Byron Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep. George Gordon Byron For what were all these country patriots born To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn George Gordon Byron He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly George Gordon Byron I feel my immortality over sweep all pains, all tears, all time, all fears, - and peal, like the eternal thunders of the deep, into my ears, this truth, - thou livest forever George Gordon Byron I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves. George Gordon Byron I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five George Gordon Byron It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time. George Gordon Byron It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I began to grow old in my own esteem-and in my esteem age is not estimable. George Gordon Byron My time has been passed viciously and agreeably at thirty-one so few years months days hours or minutes remain that 'Carpe Diem' is not enough. I have been obliged to crop even the seconds-for who can trust to tomorrow George Gordon Byron My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then. George Gordon Byron Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure men love in haste but they detest at leisure. George Gordon Byron
