George Byron Quotes

A collection of quotes by George Byron.

George Byron, commonly known as Lord Byron, was a prominent English poet and leading figure of the Romantic movement. Born on January 22, 1788, in London, Byron gained recognition for his dramatic narrative poems, including "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" and "Don Juan." Known for his rebellious and passionate nature, he became a symbol of the Romantic ideal of the "Byronic hero." Byron's works explored themes of love, nature, and the individual's struggle against societal norms. His life was marked by scandalous affairs, political activism, and extensive travels. Byron died at the age of 36 on April 19, 1824, in Greece, where he had gone to support the Greek War of Independence.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in

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.

George Byron


If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one and I envy no

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


The best prophet of the future is the past.

The best prophet of the future is the past.

George Byron

Future

Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding hi

Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion.

George Byron

Religion

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty I woke and found tha

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

George Byron

Beauty

Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they nev

Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.

George Byron

Jealousy