Literary and Philosophical Quotes -- Poets and Dreamers -- Lord Byron
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Quotes by Lord Byron 3
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, 1788-1824, British poet acclaimed as one of the leading figures of the romantic movement. The "Byronic hero"- lonely, rebellious, and brooding- first appeared in Manfred (1817). Among his other works are Childe Harold (1812-1818), The Prisoner of Chillon (1816), and the epic satire Don Juan (1819-1824). Byron was notorious for his love affairs and unconventional lifestyle. He died while working to secure Greek independence from the Turks.
But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
Catholicism: It is by far the most elegant worship, hardly excepting the Greek mythology. What with incense, pictures, statues, altars, shrines, relics, and the real presence, confession, absolution,- there is something sensible to grasp at. Besides, it leaves no possibility of doubt; for those who swallow their Deity, really and truly, in transubstantiation, can hardly find any thing else otherwise than easy of digestion.
To withdraw myself from myself . . . has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.
I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence- this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion. It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing . . . I do not understand it. I feel it as a torture, which I must get rid of, but never as a pleasure. On the contrary, I think composition a great pain.
In general I do not draw well with literary men- not that I dislike them but I never know what to say to them after I have praised their last publication.
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