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Quotes from The Last Days of Pompeii — Edward Bulwer-Lytton

1803–1873 England

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There is no tongue that flatters like a lover's; and yet, in the exaggeration of his feelings, flattery seems to him commonplace.

The Last Days of Pompeii (1834)

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it is the real allegory of the tale of Orpheus—it moves stones, it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

The Last Days of Pompeii (1834)

He who has loved often has loved never.

The Last Days of Pompeii (1834)

Buy my flowers—O buy—I pray!
The blind girl comes from afar;
If the earth be as fair as her children say,
These flowers her children are!

The Last Days of Pompeii (1834)

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