The best prophet of the future is the past.

Quote by George Byron

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

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.

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...

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...

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or...

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or...

Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue...

Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue...

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...

All farewells should be sudden, when forever.

All farewells should be sudden, when forever.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.