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)
“I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation—they are all better than us & their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“We are all selfish & I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I know one may be damned
For hoping no one else may e’er be so;”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“There now are no Squire Westerns as of old;
And our Sophias are not so emphatic,
But fair as then, or fairer to behold.
We have no accomplish’d blackguards, like Tom Jones,
But gentlemen in stays, as stiff as stones.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I know one may be damned
For hoping no one else may e’er be so;”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Though her years were waning,
Her climacteric teased her like her teens.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)