Quote#Time
We are what we must
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 iii, section xxiv..
English (original)
We are what we must, And not what we would be. I know that one hour Forestalls not another. The will and the power Are diverse.
— Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
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