“Life is short - while we speak it flies; enjoy, then, the present, and forget the future; such is the moral of ancient poetry, a graceful and a wise moral - indulged beneath a southern sky, and all deserving, the phrase applied to it - the philosophy of the garden.”
Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
British novelist known for his historical novels and Gothic tales, famous for works such as 'Peveril of the Peak' and 'Evelyn Hope'. more
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