Nine times out of ten it is over the Bridge of Sighs that we pass the narrow gulf from youth to manhood. That interval is usually marked by an ill placed or disappointed affection. We recover and we find ourselves a new being. The intellect has become hardened by the fire through which it has passed. The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion, and we may measure our road to wisdom by the sorrows we have undergone.

Famous Quotes / Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton: "Nine times out of ten it is over the Bridge of Sighs that we pass the narrow gulf from youth to manhood. That interval is usually marked by an ill placed or disappointed affection. We recover and we find ourselves a new being. The intellect has become hardened by the fire through which it has passed. The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion, and we may measure our road to wisdom by the sorrows we have undergone."

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Affection	Become	Bridge	Disappointed
Every	Find	Fire	Gulf
Hardened	Intellect	Interval	Manhood
Marked	Measure	Mind	Narrow
Nine	Ourselves	Over	Pass
Passed	Passion	Placed	Profits
Recover	Road	Sighs	Sorrows
Through	Times	Undergone	Usually
Wisdom	Wrecks	Youth

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Nine times out of ten it is over the Bridge of Sighs that we pass the narrow gulf from youth to manhood. That interval is usually marked by an ill placed or disappointed affection. We recover and we find ourselves a new being. The intellect has become hardened by the fire through which it has passed. The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion, and we may measure our road to wisdom by the sorrows we have undergone. - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton