Personal growth and development Quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man read his own dark heart.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Law dies, books never.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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

The same refinement which brings us new pleasures exposes us to new pains.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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

Earnest men never think in vain, though their thoughts may be errors.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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

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

I did not fall into love - I rose into love.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Nothing ages like laziness.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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

What's money without happiness?

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton