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Lord Byron föddes den January 22nd 1788 och dog den 19 April 1824 - engelsk diktare, dog som frivillig i det grekiska frihetskriget.
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 `Whom the gods love die young' was said of yore.

 'Tis melancholy, and a fearful sign Of human frailty, folly, also crime, That love and marriage rarely can combine, Although they both are born in the same clime; Marriage from love, like vinegar from wine - A sad, sour, sober beverage - by time Is s

 'Tis pity wine should be so deleterious, for tea and coffee leave us much more serious

 'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; A book's a book, although there's nothing' in 't

 'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean, When both the teacher and the taught are young, As was the case, at least, where I have been; They smile so when one's right; and when one's wrong They smile still more.

 'Tis said that persons living on annuities are longer lived than others

 'Tis sweet to hear the watch dogs' honest bark - Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark - Our coming and look brighter when we come

 'Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull

 'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

 'Tis very puzzling on the brink Of what is called Eternity to stare, And know no more of what is here, than there

 A `strange coincidence', to use a phrase / By which such things are settled nowadays.

 A bargain is in its very essence a hostile transaction do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy? I contend that a bargain even between brethren is a declaration of war.

 A better farmer ne'er brushed dew from lawn, / A worse king never left a realm undone!

 A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

 A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.


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