George Gordon Noel Byron

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    I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    Man is in part divine,
    A troubled stream from a pure source;
    And Man in portions can foresee
    His own funereal destiny;
    George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    In solitude, where we are least alone.
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    Shakespeare’s name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    I know that two and two make four—& should be glad to prove it too if I could—though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 & 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)