Byron

Famous quotes containing the word byron:

“Nothing can confound
A wise man more than laughter from a dunce.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

“Firmness yclept in heroes, kings and seamen,
That is, when they succeed; but greatly blamed
As obstinacy, both in men and women,
Whene’er their triumph pales, or star is tamed —
And ‘twill perplex the casuist in morality
To fix the due bounds of this dangerous quality.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

“Be hypocritical, be cautious, be
Not what you seem, but always what you see.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)