Lord Byron Quotes & Sayings (Page 12)

“Smiles form the channels of a future tear.”

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

“All farewells should be sudden, when forever.”

“Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.”

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

“Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.”

“Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?”

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

“But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.”

“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.”