The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
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It is not one man nor a million, but the spirit of liberty that must be preserved. The waves which dash upon the shore are, one by one, broken, but the ocean conquers nevertheless. It overwhelms the Armada, it wears out the rock. In like manner, whatever the struggle of individuals, the great cause will gather strength.Lord Byron
For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Lord Byron
A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.
Lord Byron
With death doomed to grapple, Beneath this cold slab, he Who lied in the chapel Now lies in the Abbey.
Lord Byron
The dead have been awakened -- shall I sleep The world's at war with tyrants -- shall I crouch the harvest's ripe -- and shall I pause to reap I slumber not the thorn is in my couch Each day a trumpet soundeth in mine ear, its echo in my heart.
Lord Byron
I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence -this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion. It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.
Lord Byron
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