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Not only does Lord Byron want us to call no man happy until he is dead, he also wants us to stop calling people happy. According to Lord Byron, people should never be happy unless they are dead. But it's not just because he's selfish and wants to keep us all for himself. It's because he believes that calling anyone happy when they are alive is an insult to their memory.
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