Quotes by George Gordon Byron

Adversity is the first path to truth.
– George Gordon Byron
For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd;
And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!
– George Gordon Byron
There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
– George Gordon Byron
I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.
– George Gordon Byron
Oh! might I kiss those eyes of fire,
A million scarce would quench desire;
Still would I steep my lips in bliss,
And dwell an age on every kiss;
Nor then my soul should sated be,
Still would I kiss and cling to thee:
Nought should my kiss from thine dissever,
Still would we kiss and kiss for ever;
E'en though the numbers did exceed
The yellow harvest's countless seed;
To part would be a vain endeavour:
Could I desist?--ah! never--never.
– George Gordon Byron
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
– George Gordon Byron
And after all, what is a lie? ’T is butThe truth in masquerade.
– George Gordon Byron
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
They never fail who die in a great cause.
– George Gordon Byron
Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom,
On thee shall press no ponderous tomb;
But on thy turf shall roses rear
Their leaves, the earliest of the year.
– George Gordon Byron
So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain,
No more through rolling clouds to soar again,
View'd his own feather on the fatal dart,
And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart.
– George Gordon Byron