Famous quotes containing the words gordon noel byron, george gordon noel, noel byron, george gordon, gordon, noel and/or byron:
“My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Sighing that Nature formed but one such man,
And broke the die.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“‘Tis pleasant, sure, to see one’s name in print;
A book’s a book, although there’s nothing in’t.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I live not in myself, but I become
Portion of that around me; and to me
High mountains are a feeling, but the hum
Of human cities torture.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
To view each loved one blotted from life’s page,
And be alone on earth, as I am now.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I live not in myself, but I become
Portion of that around me; and to me
High mountains are a feeling, but the hum
Of human cities torture.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)