Famous quotes containing the words gordon noel byron, noel byron, george gordon, gordon, noel and/or byron:
“The mountains look on Marathon—
And Marathon looks on the sea;
And musing there an hour alone,
I dreamed that Greece might still be free;
For standing on the Persians’ grave,
I could not deem myself a slave.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“In general I do not draw well with literary men—not that I dislike them but I never know what to say to them after I have praised their last publication.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence—this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion. It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I say—the future is a serious matter—
And so—for God’s sake—hock and soda-water!”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“The best way will be to avoid each other without appearing to do so—or if we jostle, at any rate not to bite.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)