I have always laid it down as a maxim -and found it justified by experience -that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex -but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other.
Lord Byron quote I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people, being always excited; women, wine, fame, the table, even ambition, sate now and then, but every turn of the card and cast of the dice keeps the gambler alive - besides one can game ten times longer than one can do any thing else.
Lord Byron quote I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.
Lord Byron quote I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.
Lord Byron quote I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.
Lord Byron quote Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
Lord Byron quote Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
Lord Byron quote For in itself a thought, a slumbering thought, is capable of years, and curdles a long life into one hour.
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