Edward Bulwer-Lytton quotes

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. (Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The easiest person to deceive is one's self. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
In science, read, by preference the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Talent does what it can, Genius does what it must. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents - except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. View quote
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Fate laughs at probabilities. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue. (Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame - to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell. View quote
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Rank is a great beautifier. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left well off, and having a taste for travel and adventure, I resigned, for a time, all pursuit of the almighty dollar, and became a desultory wanderer over the face of the earth. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who, early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light - every eye looking on finds its own. View quote
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You speak As one who fed on poetry. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Alone! - that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE! View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Ambition has no rest. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny. (Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan. View quote
Edward Bulwer-Lytton