Walter Scott has not read a review of himself for thirteen years. I will read no more of evil or good in that line.
Stanzas Written on the Road Between Florence and Pisa, st.The days of our youth are the days of our glory Īnd the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twentyĪre worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty. Oh, talk not to me of a name great in story.Letter to Thomas Moore, 5 November 1820.Then battle for freedom wherever you can.Īnd, if not shot or hang'd, you'll get knighted. To do good to mankind is the chivalrous plan, Let him think of the glories of Greece and of RomeĪnd get knock'd on the head for his labours. Let him combat for that of his neighbours When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home,.Who look'd as though the speed of thought "Bring forth the horse!" - the horse was brought.To Thomas Moore, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.(1919).īought their freedom, and cheaply, with blood, Epistle to Augusta, Stanza 3, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.Stanzas to Augusta (1816), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.I had a dream, which was not all a dream.Stanzas for Music (March 1815), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.There 's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.I have flattered no ruling powers I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me. My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices.As quoted in Conversations of Lord Byron with Thomas Medwin (1832).Who knows whether, when a comet shall approach this globe to destroy it, as it often has been and will be destroyed, men will not tear rocks from their foundations by means of steam, and hurl mountains, as the giants are said to have done, against the flaming mass?-and then we shall have traditions of Titans again, and of wars with Heaven.With a deep thought, and with a softened eye, You are the fools, not I - for I did dwell.Yes - one - the first - the last - the best - The Cincinnatus of the West, Journal for Saturday, 27th November 1813 Quoted in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron by Thomas Moore (1830), Vol III, Chap.If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.And Thou Art Dead as Young and Fair (1812).The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
The poor dog, in life the firmest friend,.Inscription on the monument of a Newfoundland dog (1808).This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery
2.Īnd all the virtues of Man, without his Vices.
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