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Politiker, Schriftsteller, "Die letzten Tage von Pompeji" (England, 1803 - 1873).

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton wäre heute 220 Jahre, 4 Monate, 0 Tage oder 80.477 Tage alt.

Geboren am 25.05.1803 in London
Gestorben am 18.01.1873 in Torquay
Sternzeichen: ♊ Zwillinge

• Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.

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• Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.

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• Genius does what it must, talent does what it can.

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• Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

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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.

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• He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.

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• He who distrusts the security of chance takes more pains to effect the safety which results from labor. To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned."

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• He who would keep himself to himself should imitate the dumb animals, and drink water.

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• He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

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• Here Stanley meets, - how Stanley scorns, the glance! The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash, - the Rupert of Debate!

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• Humour is sunshine of the mind.

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• If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.

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• In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

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• In life, as in whist, hope nothing from the way cards may be dealt to you. Play the cards, whatever they be, to the best of your skill.

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

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• In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

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• Innocence is but a poor substitute for experience.

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• It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything. Most people are brave only in the dangers to which they accustom themselves, either in imagination or practice.

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• It is astonishing how well men wear when they think of no one but themselves.

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• It is the misfortune of all miscellaneous political combinations, that with the purest motives of their more generous members are ever mixed the most sordid interests and the fiercest passions of mean confederates.

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