Labour is the purgatory of the erring. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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I think every actor tries to put a little bit of themselves into each character, and I think if you watch very closely, every actor has a bit of himself in every role whether they want to admit it or not.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Labour is the purgatory of the erring.

Erring, Labor, Labour, Purgatory

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Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

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To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces, Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all Not yours. Given, uninherited, unpaid for; This is to be a trickster; and to filch Men's art and labour, which to them is wealth, Life, daily bread;--quitting all scores with "friend, You're troublesome!" Why this, forgive me, Is what, when done with a less dainty grace, Plain folks call "Theft.

Art, Grace, Mean, Men, Troublesome, Uninherited

As it has been finely expressed, "Principle is a passion for truth. " And as an earlier and homelier writer hath it, "The truths we believe in are the pillars of our world.

Truth, Believe, Passion, World, Finely

Happy is 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!

Fame, Hell, Known, Men, Taste, Want

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

Book, Exercise, Reading, Sauntering

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For the best building and planting. . . the architect and gardener must have some knowledge of each other's business, and each must regard with feelings of kindly reverence the unknown domains of the other's higher knowledge.

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