Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
Lord Byron
Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate: And, whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate.
fate
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime!
crime deeds
The cold in clime are cold in blood, Their love can scarce deserve the name.
Eat, drink, and love; the rest's not worth a fillip.
worth rest
Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
fame
Who loves, raves.
infinity system
Sublime tobacco! Which from east to west Cheers the tar's labor or the Turkman's rest.
labor rest
There be none of Beauty's daughters With a magic like thee; And like music on the waters Is thy sweet voice to me.
magic beauty music
Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of beauty's heavenly ray? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing cheek, his sinking heart, confess The might, the majesty of loveliness?
beauty
All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
happiness
I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.
effort wrongs crime men
Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men.
circumstances men
Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
men
My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears.
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