Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

There is certainly something of exquisite kindness and thoughtful benevolence in that rarest of gifts,--fine breeding.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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• There is certainly something of exquisite kindness and thoughtful benevolence in that rarest of gifts,--fine breeding.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Kindness
  • Gifts
  • Benevolence