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Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

British romantic poet

From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics, compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness, in which the two great commandments were, to hate your neighbour, and to love your neighbour's wife.

Insulted by: Thomas Babington Macaulay

British historian

Essays: "Moore's Life of Byron", 1834

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