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Famous Quotes by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Famous quotes by the English novelist and dramatist, Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (Baron Lytton). He was born in 1803 and died in 1873.

Castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up.

Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy.

Just like my luck! If I had been bred a hatter, little boys would have come into the world without heads.

It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.

There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.

Life would be tolerably agreeable if it were not for its amusements.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

A man who has ancestors is like a representative of the past.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Honey, I forgot to duck. - Said to his wife, Nancy, after an assassination attempt by John Hinckley III, 30 Mar 1981 - The Sunday Times, 3 Dec 1989

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