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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The easiest person to deceive is one's self.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.