Famous quotes containing the words gordon noel byron, george gordon noel, noel byron, george gordon, gordon, noel and/or byron:
“On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;
No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“But hatred is a much more delightful passion & never cloys; it will make us all happy for the rest of our lives.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“It is true from early habit, one must make love mechanically as one swims; I was once very fond of both, but now as I never swim unless I tumble into the water, I don’t make love till almost obliged.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“A land of meanness, sophistry and mist.
Each breeze from foggy mount and marshy plain
Dilutes with drivel every drizzly brain.”
—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)
“In solitude, where we are least alone.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)