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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame - to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell.
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Earnestness is the best gift of mental power, and deficiency of heart is the cause of many men never becoming great.
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A reform is a correction of abuses a revolution is a transfer of power.
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The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it.
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