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Quote by Lord Byron
When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation), sleep,

When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation), sleep, eating and swilling, buttoning and unbuttoning — how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse. – Lord Byron

Other quotes by Lord Byron

Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep. – Lord Byron

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Lovers may be – and indeed generally are – enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations. – Lord Byron

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Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company. – Lord Byron

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Letters
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Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential. – B. Alan Wallace

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The more side roads you stop to explore, the less likely that life will pass you by. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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There is a bunch of things we mean to do, and life is the time we spend meaning to do them. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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