Lord Byron

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you read more

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

I am never long, even in the society of her I love, without yearning for the company of my lamp read more

I am never long, even in the society of her I love, without yearning for the company of my lamp and my library.

Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.