Quote#Speech
Words, however, are things: and the man who accords
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 vi..
English (original)
Words, however, are things: and the man who accords To his language the license to outrage his soul Is controll'd by the words he disdains to control.
— Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
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