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“Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.”

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton · Nature

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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.

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