What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses, their banners, and the art and artificial symmetry of their position and movements.
Lord ByronCervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolish'd the right arm Of his own country.
Lord ByronThis is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.
Lord ByronTis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features Are brought up, others by a warlike leader; Some by a place--as tend their years or natures; The most by ready cash--but all have prices, From crowns to kicks, according to their vices.
Lord Byron