Quote#Hope
The man who seeks one thing in life and but one
Quote byRobert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton · 1831–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lucile (1860), Part i, canto ii, section viii..
English (original)
The man who seeks one thing in life and but one May hope to achieve it before life is done; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows A harvest of barren regrets.
— Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
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