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“They never fail who die in a great cause.”

— Lord Byron, Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice (1821), Act II, Scene 2

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About Lord Byron

1788 – 1824

English Romantic poet, author of 'Don Juan' and 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'.

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