Philosophers have done wisely when they have told us to cultivate our reason rather than our feelings, for reason reconciles us to… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Genius in the poet, like the nomad of Arabia, ever a wanderer, still ever makes a home where the well or the… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Husband and wife have so many interests in common that when they have jogged through the ups and downs of life a… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth! The passions are not stronger, but the control over them… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Evening is the delight of virtuous age; it seems an emblem of the tranquil close of busy life--serene, placid, and mild, with… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The Almighty proves his existence by creating. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Life is short - while we speak it flies; enjoy, then, the present, and forget the future; such is the moral of… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don't. And the advice applies to many doubts in life… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
In how large a proportion of creatures is existence composed of one ruling passion, the most agonizing of all sensations--fear. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Life, that ever needs forgiveness, has, for its first duty, to forgive. — 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
If aught be worse than failure from overstress of a life's prime purpose, it is to sit down content with a little… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
He who sees his heir in his own child, carries his eye over hopes and possessions lying far beyond his gravestone, viewing… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Love thou, and if thy love be deep as mine, Thou wilt not laugh at poets. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Never, be argued out of your soul, never be argued out of your honor, and never be argued into believing that soul… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
In life, as in whist, hope nothing from the way cards may be dealt to you. Play the cards, whatever they be,… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The circle of life is cut up into segments. All lines are equal if they are drawn from the centre and touch… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Nature never gives to a living thing capacities not particularly meant for its benefit and use. If Nature gives to us capacities… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
To mourn deeply for the death of another loosens from myself the petty desire for, and the animal adherence to life. We… — 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
