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Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quotes
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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (May 25, 1803-January 18, 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the infamous incipit "It was a dark and stormy night." Despite his popularity in his heyday, today his name is known as a byword for bad writing. San Jose State University-s annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for bad writing is named after him
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- Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. 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 »
- 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. Edward Bulwer-Lytton »
- The same refinement which brings us new pleasures, exposes us to new pains. Edward Bulwer-Lytton »
- What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth The passions are not stronger, but the control over them is weaker They are more easily excited, they are more violent and apparent but they have less energy, less durability, less intense and concentrated power than in the maturer life. Edward Bulwer-Lytton »
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