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

Quote by George Byron

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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...

The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power...

The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power...

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

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.

Romances I ne'er read like those I have seen.

Romances I ne'er read like those I have seen.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

The best prophet of the future is the past.

The best prophet of the future is the past.

All farewells should be sudden, when forever.

All farewells should be sudden, when forever.

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a...

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a...

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...

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?

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...

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...

It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of...

It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of...