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“The pen is mightier than the sword!”
― Edward Bulwer-Lytton

“Talent does what it can: Genius does what it must.”
― Edward Bulwer-Lytton

“It was a dark and stormy night; 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 fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.”
― Edward Bulwer Lytton, Paul Clifford

“Laws die. Books never.”
― Edward George Bulwer Lytton

“Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.”
― Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

“It was a dark and stormy night...”
― Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford

“We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing.”
― Edward Bulwer Lytton, The Coming Race

“He who studies old books will always find in them something new, and he who reads new books will always find in them something old.”
― Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Coming Race

“What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.”
― Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

“To find what you seek in the road of life,the best proverb of all is that wich says:
"Leave no stone unturned.”
― edward bulwer lytton