Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.

Quote by Lord Byron

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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

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

Friendship is love without his wings.

Friendship is love without his wings.

Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me

Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me

By headless Charles see heartless Henry lies.

By headless Charles see heartless Henry lies.

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...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interest...

The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interest...

We read to know we are not alone.

We read to know we are not alone.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

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...

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.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

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...