1,065 Quotes by Lord Byron

O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations, Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain, I pray ye flog them upon all occasions, It mends their morals, never mind the pain.

Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon’s verge.

Oh, nature’s noblest gift, my grey goose quill, Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will, Torn from the parent bird to form a pen, That mighty instrument of little men.

I can never get people to understand that poetry is the expression of excited passion.

Till taught by pain, men know not water’s worth.

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes...

The thorns which I have reap’d are of the tree I planted; they have torn me, and I bleed. I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.

The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space.

Religion-freedom-vengeance-what you will, A word’s enough to raise mankind to kill.