Lord Byron

Romantic poet

Modern influential 136 sayings

Sayings by Lord Byron

I am a very restless soul, and I am always searching for something more.

1816 — Letter to Augusta Leigh
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I have a great love for laughter, and I believe it is the best medicine.

1819 — Letter to John Murray
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I am a very cynical man, and I believe that all men are inherently evil.

1818 — Letter to Thomas Moore
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I have been in love with a great many women, and I have found them all equally charming and equally faithless.

1812 — From a letter to Lady Melbourne
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I am not a Caesar, nor a Borgia, nor a Napoleon. I am only a poet.

1813 — From a letter to Thomas Moore
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I have a great respect for the opinion of the world, but I have a still greater respect for my own.

1817 — From a letter to John Murray
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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

1819 — From 'Don Juan', Canto II, Stanza 179
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I am a lover of liberty, and I cannot bear to see it trampled under foot.

1816 — From a letter to Augusta Leigh
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The great art of life is to suffer without complaining.

1816 — From a letter to Lady Byron
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Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth, the Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.

1817 — From 'Manfred', Act I, Scene 1
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I hate women, and I love them.

Early 19th century — Attributed to his conversations or letters, reflecting his complex relationships.
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The best prophet of the future is the past.

1821 — From a letter to John Murray
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I am a very bad man, but I am not a hypocrite.

Early 19th century — Attributed to his self-assessment in letters or conversations.
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What is life? A dream within a dream.

1816 — From 'The Dream'
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I am of a very peculiar constitution of mind, I am never happy but when I am miserable.

1813 — From a letter to Lady Melbourne
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Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.

1819 — From 'Don Juan', Canto I, Stanza 134
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There is no doubt that I am a very selfish person.

Early 19th century — Attributed to his self-reflections in letters.
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I have too much of the poet in me to be a practical man.

1816 — From a letter to Augusta Leigh
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Fame is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Early 19th century — Often attributed to Milton, but Byron also used similar sentiments.
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I am a citizen of the world, and I do not care for any particular country.

Early 19th century — Attributed to his cosmopolitan views.
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