“When we two parted
In silence and tears,
Half brokenhearted,
To sever for years.”
When We Two Parted (1808), stanza 1.
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English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement 1788–1824Related quotes
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
When We Two Parted (1808), st. 4.
“If I should meet thee
After long years
How should I greet thee?
With silence and tears.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
“Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb book The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Giovanni Maria Cecchi (1518–1587) Italian poet, playwright, writer and notary
Per arte e per inganno
Si vive mezzo l’anno;
Per inganno e per arte
Si vive l’altra parte.
L’Esaltazion della Croce, Act IV., Scene IX.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 390.
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
Remarks departing Downing Street (28 November 1990) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/108258 <br class="br">Third term as Prime Minister
“Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.”
Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
Charles Seymour Robinson (1829–1899) American pastor, editor and compiler of hymns
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 584.
