Erring Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Labour is the purgatory of the erring.”

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man read his own dark heart.

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Law dies, books never.

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It is a very high mind to which gratitude is not a painful sensation. If you wish to please, you will find it wiser…

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The same refinement which brings us new pleasures exposes us to new pains.

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In science, address the few, in literature the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner…

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Earnest men never think in vain, though their thoughts may be errors.

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Philosophers have done wisely when they have told us to cultivate our reason rather than our feelings, for reason reconciles us to the daily…

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He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.

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I did not fall into love - I rose into love.

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Nothing ages like laziness.

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Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just so the…

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What's money without happiness?

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An erring colleague is not an Amalkite to be smitten hip and thigh.

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If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am: I'm a genuine philanthropist--all other kinds are sham. Each little fault…

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He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

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