One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I'll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.
From Lord Byron
The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.
Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
Fame is the thirst of youth.
I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at?
The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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