I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me but I am very wil

I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me but I am very wil Lord Byron Quotes

I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me but I am very willing to put up with the mistake if it be one. It is a title dearly enough bought by most men to render it endurable even when not quite clearly made out which it never can be till the Posterity whose decisions are merely dreams to ourselves has sanctioned or denied it while it can touch us no further.

Author: Lord Byron

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