Keep unscathed the good name; keep out of peril the honor without which even your battered old soldier who is hobbling into… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
There is one form of hope which is never unwise, and which certainly does not diminish with the increase of knowledge. In… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Happy indeed the poet of whom, like Orpheus, nothing is known but an immortal name! Happy next, perhaps, the poet of whom,… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Whatever you lend let it be your money, and not your name. Money you may get again, and, if not, you may… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate. — 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
