Lord Byron

Poet, Novelist

Lord Byron was a British poet and leading figure of the Romantic movement, known for his passionate works like 'Don Juan' and 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.'

Born
January 22, 1788
Died
April 19, 1824
Quotes
589
Rank
#65

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"Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire."

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"Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power."

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"But I had not quite fixed whether to make him [Don Juan] end in Hell-or in an unhappy marriage,-not knowing which would be the severest."

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"Farewell! if ever fondest prayer For other's weal avail'd on high, Mine will not all be lost in air, But waft thy name beyond the sky."

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"I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another."

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"Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life."

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"This is the age of oddities let loose."

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"You have to have a passion for your work. How can we expect people to be passionate if you, as their coach, does not have a passion? Coaching has to be something that gives you passion and energy."

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"So do the dark in soul expire, Or live like scorpion girt by fire; So writhes the mind remorse hath riven, Unfit for earth, undoom'd for heaven, Darkness above, despair beneath, Around it flame, within it death."

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"Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy."

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"I stood among them, but not of them: in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts."

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"A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know."

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"Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge."

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"The truly brave are soft of heart and eyes, and feel for what their duty bids them do."

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"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"

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