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Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.”

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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“Fine natures are like fine poems; a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess into the beauty that waits you if you read on.”

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“The learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of millions of vibrations have to penetrate the eye before the eye can distinguish the tints of a violet.”

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“Self-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure of many hopes and the non-realization of many fears.”

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“A prudent consideration for Number One.”

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“A sense of contentment makes us kindly and benevolent to others; we are not chafed and galled by cares which are tyrannical because original. We are fulfilling our proper destiny, and those around us feel the sunshine of our own hearts.”

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“Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny.”

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“People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?”

People Faces Behinds Criticism Praise Suspicious

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Ere yet we yearn for what is out of our reach, we are still in the cradle. When wearied out with our yearnings, desire again falls asleep; we are on the death-bed.”

Stills Desire Fall Bed Yearning Cradle Death Bed

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Despair makes victims sometimes victors.”

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“Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable items in his education were never entered in the bills which his father paid for.”

Knows Men Should Father Education Strange Genius Circumstances Paid Bills Prepared Practicals Items

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