English - Politician | May 25, 1803 - January 18, 1873
When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
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Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.
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How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.
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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.
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Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.
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We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
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There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.
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There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.
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O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.
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