A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.
More quotes by Lord Byron
A lady of a certain age, which means certainly aged.
Lord Byron · Age and AgingIt is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts -- you have no idea of the pain it gives one.
Lord Byron · DebtThy decay's still impregnate with divinity.
Lord Byron · DecayI stood among them, but not of them; in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts.
Lord Byron · Dissent
More quotes about Empire
Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.
Dean Acheson · EmpireThe day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come.
Joseph Chamberlain · EmpireEmpire and liberty.
Marcus T. Cicero · EmpireAn empire is an immense egotism.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Empire