Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (May 25, 1803– January 18, 1873), novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. He is best known as Lord Lytton, the 1st Baron Lytton PC.Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", "time is money", and "It was a dark and stormy night."
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Lord Lytton
"Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which of the two takes the sunny side; he will be the younger man of the two. " - Lord Lytton
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), essayist, philosopher and poet. He is best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the early 19th century."To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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