Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

In families well ordered, there is always one firm, sweet temper, which controls without seeming to dictate. The Greeks represented Persuasion as crowned.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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• In families well ordered, there is always one firm, sweet temper, which controls without seeming to dictate. The Greeks represented Persuasion as crowned.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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