Quotesdtb.com
Home
Authors
Quotes of the day
Top quotes
Topics
Edward Bulwer-Lytton quotes - page 3
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Love thou rose, yet leave it on its stem.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
There is no society, however free and democratic, where wealth will not create an aristocracy.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
When a man is not amused, he feels an involuntary contempt for those who are.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Punctuality is a virtue, If you don't mind being lonely.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The same refinement which brings us new pleasures exposes us to new pains.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Our glories float between the earth and heaven Like clouds which seem pavilions of the sun, And are the playthings of the casual wind.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Read to live, not live to read.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Previous
1
2
3
(Current)
4
5
Next