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Memory, no less than hope, owes its charm to “the far away.”

Memory, no less than hope, owes its charm to “the far away.”

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In science, read, by preference the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classics are always modern.

In science, read, by preference the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classics are always modern.

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Fate laughs at probabilities.

Fate laughs at probabilities.

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Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton

The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.

The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.

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The easiest person to deceive is one’s own self.

The easiest person to deceive is one’s own self.

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A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

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Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame-to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell.

Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame-to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell.

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The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.

The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.

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There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood.

There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood.

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Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton

Buy my flowers,-oh buy, I pray!

Buy my flowers,-oh buy, I pray!
The blind girl comes from afar.

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Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton

When stars are in the quiet skies,

When stars are in the quiet skies,
Then most I pine for thee;
Bend on me then thy tender eyes,
As stars look on the sea.

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Rank is a great beautifier.

Rank is a great beautifier.

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Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide
When, moment on moment, there rushes between
The one and the other a sea;
Ah, never can fall from the days that have been
A gleam on the years that shall be!

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Alone!-that worn-out word,

Alone!-that worn-out word,
So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;
Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known
Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!

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The brilliant chief, irregularly great

The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash,–the Rupert of debate!

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Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton

Our glories float between the earth and heaven

Our glories float between the earth and heaven
Like clouds which seem pavilions of the sun.

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Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton

In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves

In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves
For a bright manhood, there is no such word
As “fail.”

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Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton

Take away the sword; States can be saved without it.

Take away the sword;
States can be saved without it.

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Ambition has no risk.

Ambition has no risk.

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The pen is mightier than the sword.

Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.

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You speak

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

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Curse away!

Curse away!
And let me tell thee, Beauseant, a wise proverb
The Arabs have, “Curses are like young chickens,
And still come home to roost.”