Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why; It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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The easiest person to deceive is one's self. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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The pen is mightier than the sword. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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