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Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.”

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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“There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good name, or to supply the want of it.”

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“A man is already of consequence in the world when it is known that we can implicitly rely upon him. Often I have known a man to be preferred in stations of honor and profit because he had this reputation: When he said he knew a thing, he knew it, and when he said he would do a thing, he did it.”

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“The poet who speaks out of the deepest instincts of man will be heard. The poet who creates a myth beyond the power of man to realize is gagged at the peril of the group that binds him. He is the true revolutionary: he builds a new world.”

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Book:Collected Poems: 1919-1962

Source: Collected Poems: 1919-1962

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