Lord Byron, Monody on the Death of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, line 68.

Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.

— Lord Byron on Foolishness

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame." in the context of "Lord Byron, Monody on the Death of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, line 68." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Lord Byron

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.