Famous quotes by »

George Gordon Byron

George Gordon Byron, later Noel, 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824) was a British poet and a leading figure in Romanticism

Update this biography »
Complete biography of George Gordon Byron »

0 fans

Sort by:PopularityA - Z

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'dAnd the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

Adversity is the first path to truth.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

They never fail who die in a great cause.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

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

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

For what were all these country patriots born To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

I feel my immortality over sweep all pains, all tears, all time, all fears, - and peal, like the eternal thunders of the deep, into my ears, this truth, - thou livest forever

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I began to grow old in my own esteem-and in my esteem age is not estimable.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

My time has been passed viciously and agreeably at thirty-one so few years months days hours or minutes remain that 'Carpe Diem' is not enough. I have been obliged to crop even the seconds-for who can trust to tomorrow

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

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

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

There is something Pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

To fly from, need not be to hate, makind All are not fit with them to stir and toil, Nor is it discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

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.

– George Gordon Byron

Rate it:

Share your thoughts on George Gordon Byron's quotes with the community:

0 Comments

Notify me of new comments via email.

Quote of the Day Today's Quote | Archive

Would you like us to send you a FREE inspiring quote delivered to your inbox daily?

Citation

Use the citation below to add this author page to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"George Gordon Byron Quotes." Quotes.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 22 Jan. 2025. <https://www.quotes.net/authors/George+Gordon+Byron+Quotes>.

Missing a quote of George Gordon Byron?

Know another good quote of George Gordon Byron? Don't keep it to yourself!

The Web's Largest Resource for

Famous Quotes & Sayings

A Member Of The STANDS4 Network

Our favorite collection of

Famous Authors

Mother Teresa
1910 - 1997
Mark Twain
1835 - 1910
Charles Dickens
1812 - 1870
Blaise Pascal
1623 - 1662
Marilyn Monroe
1926 - 1962
Aristotle
384 BC - 322 BC
George Washington
1732 - 1799

Browse Quotes.net

#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Random New Quotes

Quiz

Are you a quotes master?

Who said: "Just as courage imperils life; fear protects it"?

A George Washington

B Ernest Hemingway

C Leonardo da Vinci

D Mahatma Gandhi