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Lord Byron

~ 1788 - 1824

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.

  1. This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.

    Lord Byron
    #inventions#morality#duality

  2. There is no instinct like that of the heart.

    Lord Byron
    #heart#instinct#emotion

  3. We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

    Lord Byron
    #selfishness#trust#motives

  4. 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.

    Lord Byron
    #love#passion#existence

  5. Adversity is the first path to truth.

    Lord Byron
    #adversity#truth#growth

  6. All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.

    Lord Byron
    #happiness#joy#sharing

  7. Absence - that common cure of love.

    Lord Byron
    #absence#love#healing

  8. 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.

    Lord Byron
    #nature#solitude#pleasure