Those true eyes
Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise
The sweet soul shining through them.
Quotes from Lucile — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
1831–1891 England
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In life there are meetings which seem
Like a fate.
Lucile (1860)
As pure as a pearl,
And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl.
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There is purpose in pain,
Otherwise it were devilish.
Lucile (1860)
Do not think that years leave us and find us the same!
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We gain
Justice, judgment, with years, or else years are in vain.
Lucile (1860)
No true love can be without
Its dread penalty—jealousy.
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No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere.
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To all facts there are laws.
The effect has its cause, and I mount to the cause.
Lucile (1860)
There's no weapon that slays
Its victim so surely (if well aim'd) as praise.
Lucile (1860)
No star ever rose
And set, without influence somewhere.
Lucile (1860)
Whene'er I hear French spoken as I approve,
I feel myself quietly falling in love.
Lucile (1860)
The world is a nettle; disturb it, it stings.
Grasp it firmly, it stings not.
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Life hath set
No landmarks before us.
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'Tis more brave
To live, than to die.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.