Quote#Nature
Light literature,—that grace and flower of human culture, that best…
Quote byEdward Bulwer-Lytton · 1803–1873
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lucretia (1846), Part I, Epilogue.
English (original)
Light literature,—that grace and flower of human culture, that best philosophy of all, humanizing us with gentle art, making us wise through the humours, elevated through the passions, tender in the affections of our kind.
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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