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Famous Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
“In the hour of strait and need, we measure men's stature not by the body, but the soul!”
“Though Hope be a small child, she can carry a great anchor!”
“Love creates, love cements, love enters and harmonizes all things.”
“Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.”
“Keep we to the broad truths before us; duty here; knowledge comes alone in the Hereafter.”
“In other countries poverty is a misfortune - with us it is a crime.”
“Men never forgive those in whom there is nothing to pardon.”
“Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed.”
“Leave glory to great folks. Ah, castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up!”
“Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.”
“Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes.”
“It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.”
“Love thou, and if thy love be deep as mine, Thou wilt not laugh at poets.”
“Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.”
“In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest.”
“When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be.”