Quote by George Byron
What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence. – George Byron

Other quotes by George Byron

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more. – George Byron

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Music
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. – George Byron

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Wisdom
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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty I woke and found that life was duty. – George Byron

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Beauty
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Other Quotes from
Travel
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I had a big troupe, a big army and it was a lot of fun. And, after 10 years of that, I just decided that I wanted to travel and do special dates. I go to Las Vegas these days. – Bobby Vinton

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Travel

The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack. – George Ade

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Travel

Most travel is best of all in the anticipation or the remembering; the reality has more to do with losing your luggage. – Regina Nadelson

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Travel

The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel. – Neil Armstrong

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Travel

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A photographer gets people to pose for him. A yoga instructor gets people to pose for themselves. – Terri Guillemets, 2002

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The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue. There is a perpetual interference with personal liberty over there that would not be tolerated in England for a week. – Margot Asquith

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Liberty

A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring. – Sholom Aleichem

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When a persons ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with them. – Bible

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Peace