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The same refinement which brings us new pleasures, exposes us to new pains.
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Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle.
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Talent does what it can, and genius does what it must.
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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
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Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.
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The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man’s observation, not overturning it.
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It is only in some corner of the brain which we leave empty that Vice can obtain a lodging.
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Nothing is so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth!
How many of us have been incited to reason, have first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life by some dazzling aphorism.
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What one great thing would you dare to dream if you knew you could not fail? The easiest person to deceive is one's own self.
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Born in London, Bulwer-Lytton was one of the most popular writers of the 19th century. His work spanned a wide range of genres, including historical novels with 'The Last Days of Pompeii' and 'Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes', Gothic novels with 'Zicci', and social novels with 'Pelham'. He also wrote poetry and plays, with 'Richelieu' and 'The Lady of Lyons' being notable examples. As a politician, he was a Member of Parliament and Secretary of State for the Colonies. Despite his popular success, literary critics often considered him verbose and melodramatic. He died in Torquay, England.