| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 26441 |
| QUOTATION: | The more Byron is known, the better he will be loved. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Contessa Teresa Guiccioli (c. 18001873), Italian society figure, Byrons mistress. Quoted in Iris Origo, The Last Attachment, introduction (1949).
Allegedly said on her deathbed. |
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