They truly mourn, that mourn without a witness. Lord Byron More Quotes by Lord Byron More Quotes From Lord Byron Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock! Lord Byron shock rocks Once more upon the waters! yet once more! Lord Byron ocean sea water A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded. Lord Byron sweetest rose baby And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep. Lord Byron laughter may laughing Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom, Lord Byron flower rose years Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda water the day after. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication: Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk The hopes of all men, and of every nation; Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk Of life's strange tree, so fruitful on occasion: But to return--Get very drunk; and when You wake with head-ache, you shall see what then. Lord Byron laughter wine men My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea. Lord Byron boat ocean sea Tis said that persons living on annuities Are longer lived than others. Lord Byron living-on persons said Knowledge is not happiness, and science Lord Byron ignorance science knowledge Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean Lord Byron ocean dark blue Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages. Lord Byron romance giving people So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. Lord Byron eagles clouds heart Self praise is no praise at all. Lord Byron vanity self praise So sweet the blush of bashfulness, E'en pity scarce can wish it less! Lord Byron pity wish sweet A bargain is in its very essence a hostile transaction do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy? I contend that a bargain even between brethren is a declaration of war. Lord Byron essence men war No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving. Lord Byron roving absence heart Be hypocritical, be cautious, be not what you seem but always what you see. Lord Byron hypocritical hell hypocrisy Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features Are brought up, others by a warlike leader; Some by a place--as tend their years or natures; The most by ready cash--but all have prices, From crowns to kicks, according to their vices. Lord Byron passion leader years Muse of the many twinkling feet, whose charms are now extending up from legs to arms. Lord Byron legs ballet feet Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf. Lord Byron sweet wind night