We are but as the instrument of heaven. Our work is not des… - Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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We are but as the instrument of heaven.
Our work is not design, but destiny.

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

Alternative Names: Owen Meredith • 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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Ah, well! when time is flown, how it fled
It is better neither to ask nor tell.
Leave the dead moments to bury their dead.

Whene'er I hear French spoken as I approve,
I feel myself quietly falling in love.

Let any man show the world that he feels
Afraid of its bark and ’t will fly at his heels:
Let him fearlessly face it, ’t will leave him alone:
But ’t will fawn at his feet if he flings it a bone.

We are but as the instrument of heaven. Our work is not design, but destiny. - Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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