103 ordspråk av Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.
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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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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.
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Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few, but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many
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When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
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When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
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When the world has got hold of a lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to kill it. You beat it over the head, till it seems to have given up the ghost, and behold! the next day it is as healthy as ever.
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When you talk to the half-wise, twaddle; when you talk to the ignorant, brag; when you talk to the sagacious, look very humble and ask their opinion
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Whenever I hear French spoken as I approve, I find myself quietly falling in love
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Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness
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Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
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Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies
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Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes.
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