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

Quote by George Byron

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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.

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...

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?

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.

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...

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...

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

All farewells should be sudden, when forever.

All farewells should be sudden, when forever.

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...

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...

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 am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

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