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• Take away the sword; States can be saved without it.
  -- Edward Bulwer Lytton (1805-1873) -- Richelieu, Act ii, Sc. 2...
• Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword.
  -- Edward Bulwer Lytton (1805-1873) -- Richelieu, Act ii, Sc. 2...
• Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,--"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost.
  -- Edward Bulwer Lytton (1805-1873) -- The Lady of Lyons, Act v, Sc. 2...
• That in the captain 's but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Measure for Measure -- Act ii, Sc. 2...
• The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. Edward Bulwer-Lytto
• Alone!--that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard
  Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!...
• They never fail who die In a great cause. -- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Marino Faliero, Act ii, Sc.
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• I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice. -- Edward Moore (1712-1757) -- The Gamester, Act ii, Sc.
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• Here is the whole set! a character dead at every word.
  -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) -- School for Scandal, Act ii, Sc. 2...