Words, however, are things: and the man who accords To his … - Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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Words, however, are things: and the man who accords
To his language the license to outrage his soul
Is controll'd by the words he disdains to control.

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (8 November, 1831 – 24 November, 1891) was an English statesman, serving as Viceroy of India; and poet, under the pen name of Owen Meredith.

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Pen Names: Owen Meredith

Native Name: Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1. Earl of Lytton

Alternative Names: Robert Bulwer-Lytton • Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton • Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton • Edward Robert, Earl of Lytton • E. Robert Bulwer, Lord Lytton

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Thought alone is eternal.

The thing which must be, must be for the best.

Since we parted, yester eve,
I do love thee, love, believe,
Twelve times dearer, twelve hours longer,
One dream deeper, one night stronger,
One sun surer,—thus much more
Than I loved thee, love, before.

Words, however, are things: and the man who accords To his language the license to outrage his soul Is controll'd by the words he disdains to control. - Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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