Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
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Alonethat worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE.
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
In science, address the few, in literature the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many in literature, the many, sooner or later, force their judgement on the few.
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
There are many more fools in the world than there are knaves, otherwise the knaves could not exist.
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
Rank is a great beautifier.
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which of the two takes the sunny side he will be the younger man of the two.
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
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