Lord Byron

1788 - 1824

A Quote by George Gordon, Lord Byron

I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand.

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

Source: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto iv. Stanza 1.

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A Quote by George Gordon, Lord Byron on nobility, privacy, and vices

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I was accused of every monstrous vice by public rumour and private rancour; my name, which had been a knightly or noble one, was tainted. I felt that, if what was whispered, and muttered, and murmured, was true, I was unfit for England; if false, England was unfit for me.

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

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A Quote by George Gordon, Lord Byron on men

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If ancient tales say true, nor wrong these holy men.

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

Source: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto i. Stanza 7.

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A Quote by George Gordon, Lord Byron on earth, heaven, hell, hope, and merit

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In hope to merit heaven by making earth a hell.

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

Source: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto i. Stanza 20.

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A Quote by George Gordon, Lord Byron on bravery

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Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave.

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

Source: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 27.

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A Quote by George Gordon, Lord Byron on love

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Had sigh'd to many, though he loved but one.

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

Source: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto i. stanza 5.

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A Quote by George Gordon, Lord Byron on men and soul

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He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

Source: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 57.

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A Quote by George Gordon, Lord Byron on fighting

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He rush'd into the field, and foremost fighting fell.

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

Source: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 23.

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A Quote by George Gordon, Lord Byron on deed, life, wonder, and world

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He who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, So that no wonder waits him.

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

Source: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 5.

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A Quote by George Gordon, Lord Byron

Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow?

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

Source: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto ii. Stanza 76.

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