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

11 Should quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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When you need a Victorian‑era twist on modern dilemmas, Edward Bulwer‑Lytton’s words fit the bill. These eleven "Should" snippets showcase his elegant phrasing and moral pondering, offering a taste of 19th‑century counsel for today’s questions.

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He who seeks repentance for the past, should woo the angel virtue for the future.

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Why should the soul ever repose? God, its Principle, reposes never.

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If there is a virtue in the world at which we should always aim, it is cheerfulness.

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Men of strong affections are jealous of their own genius. They fear lest they should be loved for a quality, and not…

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Vanity calculates but poorly on the vanity of others; what a virtue we should distil from frailty, what a world of pain…

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Emotion, whether of ridicule, anger, or sorrow,--whether raised at a puppet show, a funeral, or a battle,--is your grandest of levellers. The…

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Oratory, like the drama, abhors lengthiness; like the drama, it must keep doing. It avoids, as frigid, prolonged metaphysical soliloquy. Beauties themselves,…

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Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable…

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Hobbies should be wives, not mistresses. It will not do to have more than one at a time. One hobby leads you…

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A man's own conscience is his sole tribunal, and he should care no more for that phantom "opinion" than he should fear…

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Sooner mayest thou trust thy pocket to a pickpocket than give loyal friendship to the man who boasts of eyes to the…

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

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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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