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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

- George Byron

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Men Now Love

Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.

- George Byron

Wisdom

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

- George Byron

Duty Life

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.

- George Byron

Daughters Wives

Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.

- George Byron

Waiting Travel Man

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence.

- George Byron

Romances I ne'er read like those I have seen.

- George Byron

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