Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

To mourn deeply for the death of another loosens from myself the petty desire for, and the animal adherence to life. We have gained the end of the philosopher, and view without shrinking the coffin and the pall.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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• To mourn deeply for the death of another loosens from myself the petty desire for, and the animal adherence to life. We have gained the end of the philosopher, and view without shrinking the coffin and the pall.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Death
  • Desire
  • View