Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Born: May 25, 1803
Died: January 18, 1873 (aged 69)
Bio: Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician.
Known for:
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1834)
- Paul Clifford (1830)
- Zanoni (1842)
- Eugene Aram (1832)
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