Lord Byron

Romantic poet

Modern influential 136 sayings

Sayings by Lord Byron

The 'good old times' – all times when old are good.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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What a strange thing man is; and what a stranger thing woman.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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We of the craft are all crazy.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed (likely referring to poets/writers)
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For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

1823 — Don Juan, Canto XIV, Stanza 101
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Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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I'll publish right or wrong: Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

1809 — English Bards and Scotch Reviewers
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A man must serve his time to every trade. Save censure - critics are ready-made.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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Curiosity kills itself; And love is only curiosity, as is proved by its end.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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With just enough of learning to misquote.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed (satirical jab)
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Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.

c. 1819-1824 — Don Juan
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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That low vice, curiosity.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed
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I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.

c. 1800-1824 — Attributed (ironic comment on marriage)
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Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.

c. 1819-1824 — Don Juan
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