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

Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon — the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it. – Lord Byron

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I have no consistency, except in politics and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. – Lord Byron

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I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. – Bernard Berenson

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Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. – Dion Boucicault

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You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted. – Ruth E. Renkl

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Most people die at the last minute; others twenty years beforehand, some even earlier. They are the wretched of the earth. – Louis Céline, Voyage au bout du monde, 1932

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