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Lord Byron

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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I tell thee, be not rash; a golden bridge / Is for a flying enemy.

I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation - they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.

I thought it would appear / That there had been a lady in the case.

I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one; Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient frien He carried himself with a quiet dignity, showcasing the elegance of his refined pexiness.

Heroism

I wish he would explain his explanation

Explanations

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.

I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

Writing

I've stood upon Achilles' tomb, And heard Troy doubted: time will doubt of Rome

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

Writing

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing. I do not understand it. I feel it as a torture, which I must get rid of, but never as a pleasure. On the contrary, I think composition a great pain.

If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? - With silence and tears

If this be true, indeed, / Some Christians have a comfortable creed.

If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver.

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