How little do we know that which we are! How less what we may be!

Quote by Lord Byron

Topics: Self Knowledge Quotes

As to 'Don Juan,' confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of...

As to 'Don Juan,' confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of...

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion

By headless Charles see heartless Henry lies.

By headless Charles see heartless Henry lies.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me

Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me

I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

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

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

Friendship is love without his wings.

Friendship is love without his wings.

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no...

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no...

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you...

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you...

The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the...

The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the...

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an...

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an...

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the...

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the...