Edward George BulwerLytton Quotes


In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest. Edward George BulwerLytton Reading 89
A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last. Edward George BulwerLytton Pleasure 86
Two lives that once part are as ships that divide. Edward George BulwerLytton Divorce 81
No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. Edward George BulwerLytton Humanity 79
There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate. Edward George BulwerLytton Fate 79
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward George BulwerLytton Authors 78
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it. Edward George BulwerLytton Enthusiasm 78
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. Edward George BulwerLytton Heart 76
Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise. Edward George BulwerLytton Reading 76
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 George BulwerLytton Forgiveness 74
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. Edward George BulwerLytton Actions 73
Writers are the main landmarks of the past. Edward George BulwerLytton Authors 73
That man is great, and he alone,Who serves a greatness not his own,For neither praise nor pelf:Content to know and be unknown:Whole in himself. Edward George BulwerLytton Praise 72
How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel. Edward George BulwerLytton Praise 71
Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which of the two takes the sunny side; he will be the younger man of the two. Edward George BulwerLytton Choice 70
When the world has got hold of a lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to kill it. You beat it over the head, till it seems to have given up the ghost, and behold! the next day it is as healthy as ever. Edward George BulwerLytton DeceptionLying 69
The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy. Edward George BulwerLytton Eccentric 63
It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best. Edward George BulwerLytton Enemy 62
Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes. Edward George BulwerLytton Youth 61
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! Edward George BulwerLytton Fame 60
Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature. Edward George BulwerLytton Coffee 56
Bu is a word that cools many a warm impulse, stifles many a kindly thought, puts a dead stop to many a brotherly deed. No one would ever love his neighbor as himself if he listened to all the Buts that could be said. Edward George BulwerLytton Words 56
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. Edward George BulwerLytton Health 55
The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it. Edward George BulwerLytton Enthusiasm 53
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. Edward George BulwerLytton Teaching 51
One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth. Edward George BulwerLytton Truth 47
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. Edward George BulwerLytton Mind 47
Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue. Edward George BulwerLytton Regret 47
The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion. Edward George BulwerLytton Mind 46
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth. Edward George BulwerLytton Vanity 40
Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny. Edward George BulwerLytton Philosophy 40
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman. Edward George BulwerLytton Men 39
The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain. Edward George BulwerLytton Conscience 36
Patience is not active; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength. Edward George BulwerLytton Patience 31
When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. Edward George BulwerLytton Help 30
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 George BulwerLytton Profanity 28
What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose. Edward George BulwerLytton Purpose 26
We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows. Edward George BulwerLytton Sadness 25
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few. Edward George BulwerLytton Fate 23

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