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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...
• In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no such word As "fail.
  -- Edward Bulwer Lytton (1805-1873) -- Richelieu, Act ii, Sc. 2...
• The sacred cows have come home to roost with a vengeance.
• Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue.
  -- Edward Young (1684-1765) -- The Revenge, Act v, Sc. 2...
• Great let me call him, for he conquered me. -- Edward Young (1684-1765) -- The Revenge, Act i, Sc.
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• Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?
  Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still....
• When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee
  Bend on me then thy tender eyes, As stars look on the sea....
• The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear.
  -- Edward Young (1684-1765) -- The Revenge, Act v, Sc. 2...