Author of quotes: George Gordon Byron

Who is alien to the yoke of a slave and the throne of a ruler.

I believe that the preference given to writers over people of active life, the general attention to scribes and their writings are proof of our errand, weakness, degeneration. Will someone who is capable of something better want to write? "Actions, actions, actions!" said Demosthenes. Actions, actions, actions! - I say, not the scriptures, and least of all the poems!

Man is half dust, half God.

I am very sorry that pleasure is a sin, and a sin - alas! - often a pleasure.

Glory has long brought a smile from the sages; it is something, nothing, a word, an illusion, a smoke, and depends more on the style of the historian than on the name that a person leaves behind.

Boredom (ennuie) is a French word, but this is a feature of ours, English.

There are a lot of discoveries, and the reason for this is a brilliant genius and an empty pocket ...

If all things were called by their real names, Caesar himself would be ashamed of his glory.

For a woman, she is a sword and a shield;

Enthusiasm is nothing like a spiritual intoxication.

You're crying glowing tears
Eyelashes blue eyes.
Violet, full of dew,
Drops your diamond.
You smiled before you
Sapphire sparkle went out:
It eclipsed the fire alive,
The radiance of blue eyes.
Evening clouds edging
Keeps its delicate color,
When the whole world was overcome by darkness
And the sun in the sky there.
So deep emotional clouds
Your penetrating glance:
Let extinguished the last ray -
Shower off in the sunset.

He is an outstanding person, one of those that despite all efforts to keep a low profile has always attracted attention.

Life is short, short her flight,
In judgment we do not tolerate differences.
Fake otheriwse our way.
In our rules, conventions, proprieties
Good by accident, evil is no obstacle,
Slaves of success, money and differences
The idea and the feeling of banning,
Prefer the dark, being irritated by the light.

...It's a linguistic miracle, he ought to live in the time of the tower of Babel to be a universal translator. I checked it in all languages in which you know at least one curse word, so he impressed me so much that I was ready to swear in English.