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

Quote by Lord Byron

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Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me

Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me

Friendship is love without his wings.

Friendship is love without his wings.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

For when all else is done, only words remain. Words endure.

For when all else is done, only words remain. Words endure.

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone...

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone...

Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime,...

Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime,...

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should...

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should...

Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find...

Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by...

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...