Destiny
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.
 Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician
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| born | * May 23, 1803 | |
| died | † January 18, 1873, Torquay | |
| function | novelist, poet, playwright, and politician | |
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| Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the infamous incipit "It was a dark and stormy night." | |
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