“ The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the starsDid wander darkling in the eternal space. George Gordon Byron
“ When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home,Let him combat for that of his neighbours;Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome,And get knocked on the head for his labours.To do good to M… George Gordon Byron
“ And yet methinks the older that one growsInclines us more to laugh than scold, though laughterLeaves us so doubly serious shortly after. George Gordon Byron
“ Gwynned lies two days westwards; still further south, the weregeld calls. Mayhap with All-Father Woden's favour, my deeds may yet inspire the skalds. George Gordon Byron
“ ...methinks the older that one grows, Inclines us more to laugh the scold, though laughterLeaves us so doubly serious shortly after. George Gordon Byron
“ I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure… George Gordon Byron
“ A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover -- but will sooner or later find a tyrant. George Gordon Byron
“ Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after. George Gordon Byron
“ I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another. George Gordon Byron
“ Sweet to the miser are his glittering heaps,Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth,Sweet is revenge--especially to women 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
“ Many are poets, but without the name;For what is Poesy but to createFrom overfeeling Good or Ill; and aimAt an external life beyond our fate,And be the new Prometheus of new men,Bestowing fire from He… George Gordon Byron
“ Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. George Gordon Byron
