# Quote — Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford

> He is certainly a man who bathes and "lives cleanly," (two especial charges preferred against him by Messrs. the Great Unwashed).

- Author: [Edward George Bulwer-Lytton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-george-bulwer-lytton.md)
- Book: [Paul Clifford](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-george-bulwer-lytton/paul-clifford.md)
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> Repent!—that is the idlest word in our language.

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