Edward G 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 G Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G Bulwer-Lytton There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth. – Edward G Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G Bulwer-Lytton In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. – Edward G Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G Bulwer-Lytton There is nothing certain in a man’s life but that he must lose it. – Edward G Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G Bulwer-Lytton Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius. – Edward G Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G Bulwer-Lytton I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why; It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die. – Edward G Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G Bulwer-Lytton Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize. – Edward G Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G Bulwer-Lytton No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. – Edward G Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G Bulwer-Lytton The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it. – Edward G Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G 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 G Bulwer-Lytton
