Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. Lord Byron on god
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. Lord Byron on great
I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all. Lord Byron on great
I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned. Lord Byron on great
They never fail who die in a great cause. Lord Byron on great
All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin. Lord Byron on happiness
I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness. Lord Byron on happiness
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. Lord Byron on hope
This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all. Lord Byron on hope
Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations. Lord Byron on jealousy
Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life. Lord Byron on knowledge
Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life. Lord Byron on life
Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. Lord Byron on life
Absence - that common cure of love. Lord Byron on love
Friendship is Love without his wings! Lord Byron on love