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Psychology Quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

12 Psychology quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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Edward Bulwer‑Lytton’s reflections on psychology echo the Victorian era’s love of paradox and eloquence. In these twelve snippets you’ll find a blend of literary flourish and keen insight into human behavior, perfect for a quick literary‑psychology dip.

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A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

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Good humor is the sunshine of the mind.

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The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion.

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A mind once cultivated will not lie fallow for half an hour.

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A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

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The more a man desirous to pass at a value above his worth can contrast, by dignified silence, the garrulity of trivial…

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It may, indeed, be said that sympathy exists in all minds, as Faraday has discovered that magnetism exists in all metals; but…

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There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History…

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Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature, takes from nature the selections which best accord with…

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It is a very high mind to which gratitude is not a painful sensation. If you wish to please, you will find…

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When some one sorrow, that is yet reparable, gets hold of your mind like a monomania,--when you think, because Heaven has denied…

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The most delicate beauty in the mind of women is, and ever must be, an independence of artificial stimulants for content. It…

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

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Law dies, books never.

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It is a very high mind to which gratitude is not a painful sensation. If you wish to please, you will find it wiser…

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

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In science, address the few, in literature the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner…

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

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Philosophers have done wisely when they have told us to cultivate our reason rather than our feelings, for reason reconciles us to the daily…

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He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.

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

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Nothing ages like laziness.

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Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just so the…

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What's money without happiness?

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He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage…

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The strong and virtuous admit no destiny.

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