thewritersramblings:literature series → byronic herohe knew himself a villain–but he deem’dthe rest
thewritersramblings:literature series → byronic herohe knew himself a villain–but he deem’dthe rest no better than the thing he seem’d;and scorn’d the best as hypocrites who hidthose deeds the bolder spirit plainly did.he knew himself detested, but he knewthe hearts that loath’d him, crouch’d and dreaded too.lone, wild, and strange, he stood alike exemptfrom all affection and from all contempt. -- source link
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