There is nothing so agonizing
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
– Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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- There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth. – Edward G. Bulwer
- In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. – Edward G. Bulwer Lytton
- I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend. – Edward G. Bulwer Lytton
- Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy. – Edward G. Bulwer Lytton
- The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
- Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,And fight our own shadows forever? – Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton
- To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned. – Edward Bulwer Lytton
- If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don’t. And the advice applies to many doubts in life besides that of letter writing. – Edward Bulwer Lytton
- It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best. – E.R. Bulwer Lytton
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