How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.
Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.
-- Edward G Bulwer-Lytton, (May 25 1803-1873), English statesman, poet; He is chiefly remembered as a prolific novelist and his skill in anticipating and satisfying changes in public taste.