Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC, was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", "dweller on the threshold", as well as the well-known opening line "It was a dark and stormy night"...
joy land lies onward swift walks youth
Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes.
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Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies
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In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no such word As - fail
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Hope warps judgment in council, but quickens energy in action
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The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it
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There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.
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Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.
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Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny
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Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength
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It is astonishing how little one feels poverty when one loves.
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It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything
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How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.
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The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
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A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman