455 ordspråk av Lord Byron
Lord Byron
 `Whom the gods love die young' was said of yore. |
| 'Tis melancholy, and a fearful sign Of human frailty, folly, also crime, That love and marriage rarely can combine, Although they both are born in the same clime; Marriage from love, like vinegar from wine - A sad, sour, sober beverage - by time Is s |
| 'Tis pity wine should be so deleterious, for tea and coffee leave us much more serious |
| 'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; A book's a book, although there's nothing' in 't |
| 'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean, When both the teacher and the taught are young, As was the case, at least, where I have been; They smile so when one's right; and when one's wrong They smile still more. |
| 'Tis said that persons living on annuities are longer lived than others |
| 'Tis sweet to hear the watch dogs' honest bark - Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark - Our coming and look brighter when we come |
| 'Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull |
| 'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it. |
| 'Tis very puzzling on the brink Of what is called Eternity to stare, And know no more of what is here, than there |
| A `strange coincidence', to use a phrase / By which such things are settled nowadays. |
| A bargain is in its very essence a hostile transaction do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy? I contend that a bargain even between brethren is a declaration of war. |
| A better farmer ne'er brushed dew from lawn, / A worse king never left a realm undone! |
| A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know. |
| A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know. |
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