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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among Byron's best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric " She Walks in Beauty ." He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read and influential.


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Quote Left I stood among them, but not of them; in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts. Quote Right
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Quote Left The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. Quote Right
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Quote Left Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. Quote Right
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Quote Left But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of. Quote Right
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Quote Left Oh too convincing - dangerously dear - In woman's eye the unanswerable tear Quote Right
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