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 Bulwer-Lytton
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information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
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The easiest person to d... EDWARD G. BULWER LYTTON Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought. EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON The real truthfulness of all works of imagination, sculpture, painting, and written fiction, is so p... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON A mind once cultivated will not lie fallow for half an hour EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Nine times out of ten it is over the Bridge of Sighs that we pass the narrow gulf from youth to manh... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Life that ever needs forgiveness has for its first duty to forgive 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 The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning i... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence. 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 In science, address the few, in literature, the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to th... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Revolutions are not made with rosewater EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he may lose it EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those t... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON It was a dark and stormy night and the rain fell in torrents except at occasional intervals, when it... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one. EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be re... EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON The same refinement which brings us new pleasures, exposes us to new pains. EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius. EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with ... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him ... 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 He who doth not smoke hath either known no great griefs, or refuseth himself the softest consolation... EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON 'It is destiny' phrase of the weak human heart! 'It is destiny' dark apology for every error! The st... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON It is astonishing how little one feels poverty when one loves. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, the... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . . EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy a... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole h... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Two lives that once part are as ships that divide. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON We may live without friends; we may live without books, But civilized men cannot live without cooks EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturni... EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON The easiest person to deceive is one's self. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Art and science have their meeting point in method. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of
power. EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON, FIRST BARON LYTTON --To live
On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces,
Gallant in steeds; splendid in banq... EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON, FIRST BARON LYTTON Sublime Philosophy!
Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;
And bright with beckonin... EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON, FIRST BARON LYTTON