But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

Quote by George Byron

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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...

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as...

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as...

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...

The best prophet of the future is the past.

The best prophet of the future is the past.

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.

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...

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.

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or...

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or...

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.

Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?

Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will...

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will...

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.