Lord Byron, Manfred (1817), Act II, scene 4.
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Knowledge is not happiness, and science But an exchange of ignorance for that Which is another kind of ignorance.
— Lord Byron on Knowledge
What It Means
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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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