Lord Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), line 975.

A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon, A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon, Condemn'd to drudge, the meanest of the mean, And furbish falsehoods for a magazine.

— Lord Byron on Journalism

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon, A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon, Condemn'd to drudge, the meanest of the mean, And furbish falsehoods for a magazine." in the context of "Lord Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), line 975." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Lord Byron

George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22 1788 – April 19 1824), generally known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and leading figure in Romanticism. He was the father of the mathematician Ada Lovelace.