Lord Byron
Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS, commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and the short lyric "She Walks in Beauty"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth22 January 1788
wise laughter men
Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.
literature youth fame
Fame is the thirst of youth.
kissing wind blue
As winds come whispering lightly from the West, Kissing, not ruffling, the blue deep's serene.
song sarcasm fool
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
love friendship real-friends
Friendship is Love without his wings!
mistake mind scratches
A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.
life friendship dog
The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
government people feelings
I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable, the first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism. The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, nor worse, for a people than another.
love marriage clever
I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.
tears graves dies
There is a tear for all who die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave.
heart hatred madness
Hatred is the madness of the heart.
change has-beens
I am not now That which I have been.
funny truth fiction
For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.
giving heaven early-death
Heaven gives its favourites-early death.