quote · Words worth keeping
The rust rots the steel which use preserves.
The rust rots the steel which use preserves.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Edward Bulwer Lytton
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- c. 1839 AD · industrial
author lifetime midpoint (1805–1873); not necessarily a composition date.