“Eat, drink, and love; the rest's not worth a fillip.”

— George Gordon Byron , Sardanapalus

Act I, scene 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=q4QR8v_hOigC&pg=PA249&lpg=PA249&dq=%22Eat,+drink,+and+love;+the+rest's+not+worth+a+fillip.%22&source=bl&ots=ey6M4uLNpl&sig=L0zlgXlw1OgHOZzN50sGeRHkc50&hl=en&ei=CJQ7TObKK4XbnAeE-LXlAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Eat%2C%20drink%2C%20and%20love%3B%20the%20rest's%20not%20worth%20a%20fillip.%22&f=false.
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English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement 1788–1824

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