The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Genius, the Pythian of the beautiful, leaves its large truths a riddle to the dull. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
A man of genius is inexhaustible only in proportion as he is always renourishing his genius. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Some have the temperament and tastes of genius, without its creative power. They feel acutely, but express tamely. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Childhood and genius have the same master organ in common - inquisitiveness. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The commerce of intellect loves distant shores. The small retail dealer trades only with his neighbor; when the great merchant trades he… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man read his own dark heart. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
It is a very high mind to which gratitude is not a painful sensation. If you wish to please, you will find it wiser… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The same refinement which brings us new pleasures exposes us to new pains. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
In science, address the few, in literature the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Earnest men never think in vain, though their thoughts may be errors. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Philosophers have done wisely when they have told us to cultivate our reason rather than our feelings, for reason reconciles us to the daily… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
I did not fall into love - I rose into love. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just so the… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image