I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation -- they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.
Lord ByronAh, nut-brown partridges! Ah, brilliant pheasants! And ah, ye poachers!--'Tis no sport for peasants.
Lord ByronTo be perfectly original one should think much and read little, and this is impossible, for one must have read before one has learnt to think.
Lord ByronI depart, Whither I know not; but the hour's gone by When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye.
Lord ByronAs to Don Juan, confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of writing; it may be bawdy, but is it not good English? It may be profligate, but is it not life, is it not the thing? Could any man have written it who has not lived in the world? and tooled in a post-chaise? in a hackney coach? in a Gondola? against a wall? in a court carriage? in a vis a vis? on a table? and under it?
Lord Byron