What did Lord Byron mean by: For through the South the custom still commands The gentleman to kiss the lady’s hands. Lord Byron Poet · England Copy
All Heaven and Earth are still, though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Byron, Feeling, Growth, Stillness, 0 Lord Byron Poet · England
I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Byron, Preference, Recognition, Respect, 0 Lord Byron Poet · England
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Byron, Celebration, Hedonism, Reflection, 0 Lord Byron Poet · England
I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Byron, Beauty, Dream, Duty, 0 Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Adversity is the first path to truth. Author, June 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Lord Byron, Adversity, Path, Truth, 0 Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power. Author, October 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Lord Byron, Aging, Loss, Power, 0 Lord Byron Poet · England
+ In solitude, when we are least alone. Author, September 14, 2023January 2, 2025, Lord Byron, Connection, Paradox, Solitude, 0 Lord Byron Poet · England
There are some feelings time cannot benumb, Nor torture shake. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Byron, Emotions, Resilience, Strength, 0 Lord Byron Poet · England
The Duke of Edinburgh has perfected the art of saying hello and goodbye in the same handshake. Jennie Bond
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it. Read explanation Mason Cooley Professor · USA
Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
