Lord Byron, Childe Harold, IV, cxli
• Said of the dying gladiator.
• Reported in: Bergan Evans, ed., Dictionary of Quotations (1968), p. 597
• Said of the dying gladiator.
• Reported in: Bergan Evans, ed., Dictionary of Quotations (1968), p. 597
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Butcher’d to make a Roman holiday.
— Lord Byron on Gladiator
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• Said of the dying gladiator.
• Reported in: Bergan Evans, ed., Dictionary of Quotations (1968), p. 597" 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.
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.
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