There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto 4, 1818
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Lord Byron, born George Gordon Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. He is known for his influential works such as "Don Juan" and "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," as well as for his scandalous personal life and enigmatic, charismatic personality.
1788–1824·lived 36 years
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto 4, 1818
This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.Don Juan, Canto III, 1819
There is no instinct like that of the heart.Cain: A Mystery, 1821
We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.
Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.
Adversity is the first path to truth.Don Juan, Canto XII, Stanza L
All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.Don Juan, Canto 1, 1819
Absence - that common cure of love.
That’s all 8 quotes by Lord Byron.