56 Quotations by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
- 1. A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
- 2. A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to ...
- 3. A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
- 4. A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
- 5. A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.
- 6. Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
- 7. Bu" is a word that cools many a warm impulse, stifles many a kindly thought, puts a dead stop to man ...
- 8. Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
- 9. Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, the ...
- 10. Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.
- 11. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity; and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
- 12. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
- 13. Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark wh ...
- 14. Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are ...
- 15. Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame -- to have it is a purgatory, to w ...
- 16. How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feel ...
- 17. How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extrac ...
- 18. In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
- 19. In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are al ...
- 20. It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with t ...
Edward G. Bulwer-lytton Quotes by Power Quotations
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