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

“When a man is not amused, he feels an involuntary contempt for those who are.”

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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

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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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