“Life, that ever needs forgiveness, has, for its first duty, to forgive.”

About Edward Bulwer-Lytton

1803 – 1873

English novelist and politician, author of "The Last Days of Pompeii".

“All doubt is cowardice—all trust is brave.”

“Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.”

“Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it is the real allegory of the tale of Orpheus—it moves stones, it charms brutes.”

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“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”

“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”

Attribution note: Source disputed or unverified.

“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”

“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”

“There is said to be hope for a sick man, as long as there is life.”

“We have to accept death; it makes life possible.”