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Quotes from A Strange Story — Edward Bulwer-Lytton

1803–1873 England

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The heart loves repose and the soul contemplation, but the mind needs action.

A Strange Story (1850)

Believe me that the happiest act of intellect, however lofty, is that which enables it to be cheerfully at home with the Real!

A Strange Story (1850)

Be prepared for either wisdom through joy, or wisdom through grief. Enough that, looking only through the mechanism by which this mortal world is impelled and improved, you know that cruelty is impossible to wisdom.

A Strange Story (1850)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edward Bulwer-Lytton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.