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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Puzzles
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of ___ as the application of a rough truth.
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The true spirit of ___ consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
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Quotes
Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Edward Bulwer-Lytton?
→ Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.
→ If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.
→ The easiest person to deceive is one's own self.
→ People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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Pick the quote attributed to Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
→ It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
→ A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
→ The easiest person to deceive is one's own self.
→ The pen is mightier than the sword.
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Select the quotation attributed to Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
→ A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
→ A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
→ People do not retire. They are retired by others.
→ When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.
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One of these may be attributed to Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Which one?
→ Despair makes victims sometimes victors.
→ Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy.
→ Success never needs an excuse.
→ Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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Which one of these belongs to Edward Bulwer-Lytton?
→ Success never needs an excuse.
→ A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
→ One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.
→ We build upon the sand, and the older we become, the more unstable this foundation becomes.
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Can you identify the right quote belonging to Edward Bulwer-Lytton?
→ Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
→ Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.
→ The pen is mightier than the sword.
→ Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.
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Guess which of these quotes is attributed to Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
→ A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
→ Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
→ A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
→ If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.
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One of the following quotations belongs to Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Which one?
→ A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
→ Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
→ If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.
→ Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.
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Can you guess which one of these belongs to Edward Bulwer-Lytton?
→ A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
→ Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.
→ The easiest person to deceive is one's own self.
→ When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.
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Try to identify the quote attributed to Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
→ There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
→ The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
→ I drink to forget I drink.
→ Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
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Looks like Edward Bulwer-Lytton is the author of one of these.
→ There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
→ I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
→ A wounded tyrant bleeds with other people's blood.
→ Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.
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Pick the one quotation belonging to Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
→ Despair makes victims sometimes victors.
→ This is the bitterest of all, — to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing.
→ Justice is to be found only in the imagination.
→ Self-respect without the respect of others is like a jewel which will not stand the daylight.
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Which one should be attributed to Edward Bulwer-Lytton?
→ Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy.
→ A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
→ One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.
→ Self-respect without the respect of others is like a jewel which will not stand the daylight.
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