Lord Byron Quotes on Ethics
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They never fail who die In a great cause.
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I'll publish right or wrong: Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
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Perverts the Prophets and purloins the Psalms.
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And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.
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By all that 's good and glorious.
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From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics, compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness, a system in which the two great commandments were, to hate your neighbour, and to love your neighbour's wife.