Quotes by Lord Byron

About Lord Byron:

George Gordon Byron was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among Byron's best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric She Walks in Beauty.
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I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.

Lord Byron

The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go.

Lord Byron

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

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Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.

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All farewells should be sudden, when forever.

Lord Byron

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

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Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.

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The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat.

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I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

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One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I'll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.

Lord Byron

Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?

Lord Byron

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Lord Byron

Romances I ne'er read like those I have seen.

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Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

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Adversity is the first path to truth.

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For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

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Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.

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A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

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America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.

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If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver.

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Author Bio

  • NameLord Byron
  • DescriptionBritish poet
  • AliasesGeorge Gordon Byron; George Gordon Noel; 6th Baron Byron
  • BornJanuary 22, 1788
  • DiedApril 19, 1824
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Politician; Playwright; Autobiographer
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society