If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman...

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If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver.

George Gordon Byron
Quote by George Gordon Byron about fall, affair.
George Gordon Byron

George Gordon Byron 1788-1824, british Poet

Was born on: 22 jan 1788.
Died on 19 apr 1824, at 36 years old.
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