Lord Lytton
Lord Lytton 's Bio
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Born:31.01.2014
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Death:31.01.2014
Maxioms by Lord Lytton
We may live without poetry, music and art;
We may live without conscience, and live without heart;
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We may live without poetry, music and art;
We may live without conscience, and live without heart;
We may live without friends; we may live without books;
But civilized man cannot live without cooks.
He may live without books,--what is knowledge but grieving?
He may live without hope,--what is hope but deceiving?
He may live without love,--what is passion but pining?
But where is the man that can live without dining?
In life there are meetings which seem
Like a fate.
In life there are meetings which seem
Like a fate.
The sylphs and ondines
And the sea-kings and queens
Long ago, long ago, on the waves built read more
The sylphs and ondines
And the sea-kings and queens
Long ago, long ago, on the waves built a city,
As lovely as seems
To some bard in his dreams,
The soul of his latest love-ditty.
No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere.
No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere.
There is purpose in pain,
Otherwise it were devilish.
There is purpose in pain,
Otherwise it were devilish.