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Byron Quotes

Close thy Byron ; open thy Goethe .

Close thy Byron ; open thy Goethe .

Thomas Carlyle
Byron
Thomas Carlyle, Rodger L. Tarr, Mark Engel (2000). “Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books”, p.42, Univ of California Press

Byron owed the vast influence which he exercised over his contemporaries at least as much to his gloomy egotism as to the real power of his poetry.

Thomas B. Macaulay
Real, Influence, Byron

A few more years will destroy whatever yet remains of that magical potency which once belonged to the name of Byron.

Thomas B. Macaulay
Years, Names, Byron

I was Byron and Shakespeare formerly.

John Clare
Byron
John Clare (2013). “John Clare: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.19, Routledge

Bardot, Byron, Hitler, Hemingway, Monroe, Sade: we do not require our heroes to be subtle, just to be big. Then we can depend on someone to make them subtle.

D. J. Enright
Hero, Byron, Subtle

Isn't it remarkable how everyone who knew [D.H.] Lawrence has felt compelled to write about him? Why, he's had more books written about him than any writer since Byron!

Aldous Huxley
Book, Writing, Byron

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