Lord Byron Quotes
No.	Quotation	Subject
1	It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us; a year impairs; a lustre obliterates. There is little distinct left without an effort of memory. Then, indeed, the lights are rekindled for a moment. . . . Let any man try at the end of ten years to bring before him the features, or the mind, or the sayings, or the habits, of his best friend.	Absence
2	Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.	Absence
3	It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.	Adversity
4	Years steal fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb; and life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.	Aging
5	He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.	Ambition
6	She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meets in her aspect and her eyes, Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heavens to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress Of softly lightens o'er her face, Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their welling-place. And on that cheek and o'er that brow So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tells of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. 2159	Beauty
7	All tragedies are finished by a death. All comedies are ended by a marriage.	Comedy
8	Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.	Death
9	Physicians mend or end us; but though in health we sneer, when sick we call them to attend us, without the least propensity to jeer.	Disease
10	Twas blow for blow, disputing inch by inch, for one would not retreat, nor t'other flinch.	Dispute

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