In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonSociety is a long series of uprising ridges, which from the first to the last offer no valley of repose. Whenever you take your stand, you are looked down upon by those above you, and reviled and pelted by those below you. Every creature you see is a farthing Sisyphus, pushing his little stone up some Liliputian mole-hill. This is our world.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonLove creates, love cements, love enters and harmonizes all things.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton