“Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.”
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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If you wish to be loved, show
“If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.”
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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We tell our triumphs to the crowds,
“We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.”
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger
“Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.”
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness
“Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.”
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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If thou be industrious to procure wealth,
“If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.”
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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In science, read, by preference, the newest
“In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.”
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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A reform is a correction of abuses;
“A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.”
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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What ever our wandering our happiness will
“What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.”
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams
“Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.”
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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One of the surest evidences of friendship
“One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.”
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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