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Letter "E" » Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes
«The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it»
Author: Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
| About:
Conversation,
Spirit
| Keywords:
observation, overturn, overturned, overturning
«'It is destiny' phrase of the weak human heart! 'It is destiny' dark apology for every error! The strong and virtuous admit no destiny»
«Give, and you may keep your friend it you lose your money; lend, and the chances are that you lose your friend if ever you get back your money»
«No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies»
Author: Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
| Keywords:
ascribe, ascribed, ascribes, consistent, Drew, forced, Forces of Nature, Force of Nature, Human nature, inconsistencies
«It was a dark and stormy night and the rain fell in torrents except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fierce»
«Nine times out of ten it is over the Bridge of Sighs that we pass the narrow gulf from youth to manhood. That interval is usually marked by an ill placed or disappointed affection. We recover and we find ourselves a new being. The intellect has become hardened by the fire through which it has passed. The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion, and we may measure our road to wisdom by the sorrows we have undergone.»
Author: Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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Bridge of Sighs, disappointed, gulf, gulfs, Gulf of, hardened, interval, marked, narrow mind, nine times, profits, recover, sighs, sorrows, The Bridge, The Bridge of Sighs, the Wrecks, undergone, wrecks
«The heart of a man's like that delicate weed, Which requires to be trampled on, boldly indeed Ere it gives forth the fragrance you wish to extract»
Author: Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
| About:
Heart
| Keywords:
boldly, delicate, extract, extracted, extracting, fragrance, give forth, trampled, weed
«When the world has got hold of a lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to kill it. You beat it over the head, till it seems to have given up the ghost, and behold! the next day it is as healthy as ever.»
«To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment»
Author: Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
| About:
Compliments
| Keywords:
ceremony, conferring, dispense with, mode
«Humor is the sunshine of the mind»
Author: Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
| About:
Humor
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