Happy the man who hath never known what it is to taste of f… - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Happy the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame—to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell!

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician.

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Native Name: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1. Baron Lytton

Alternative Names: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton • Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer • Lord Lytton • Owen Meredith • Pisistratus Caxton • Edward George Earle, 1st Baron Lytton Bulwer-Lytton • Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton • Edward Bulwer Lytton • E. G. L. B. • George Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton

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Happy the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame—to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell! - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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