Famous quotes containing the words gordon noel byron, george gordon noel, noel byron, george gordon, gordon, noel and/or byron:
“And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation; such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure;
Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people, being always excited; women, wine, fame, the table, even ambition, sate now & then, but every turn of the card & cast of the dice keeps the gambler alive—besides one can game ten times longer than one can do any thing else.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“It seemed the mockery of hell to fold
The rottenness of eighty years in gold.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I stood among them, but not of them; in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their thoughts.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Of coursers also spake they: Henry rid
Well, like most Englishmen, and loved the races;
And Juan, like a true-born Andalusian,
Could back a horse, as despots ride a Russian.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“In solitude, where we are least alone.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)