Lord Byron

Literature English 1788 – 1824 29 quotes

A British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement, known for his narrative poems and satirical verse.

Quotes by Lord Byron

The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

Don Juan 1819

Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, 'I told you so.'

Don Juan 1819

I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments.

Letter to Thomas Moore 1821

The mind can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

Manfred 1817

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but Nature more.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 1816

A drop of ink may make a million think.

Don Juan 1819

I am not now, nor ever have been, a man of peace.

Letter to John Bowring 1823

The more I see of men, the more I love my dogs.

Letter to Thomas Moore 1813

All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage.

Don Juan 1819