The best prophet of the future is the past.

Quote by George Byron

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Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no...

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no...

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.

The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat.

The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat.

There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous...

There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous...

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or...

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or...

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an...

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an...

I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was...

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was...

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there...

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there...

Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because...

Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because...

I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console...

I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console...

Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.

Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.

Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble...

Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble...

For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the...

For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the...

Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue...

Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue...

Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.

Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.

Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.

Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion.

Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion.