Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature, takes from nature the selections which best accord with… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
When the soul communes with itself the lip is silent. — 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
In the hour of strait and need, we measure men's stature not by the body, but the soul! — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Rarest of all things on earth is the union in which both, by their contrasts, make harmonious their blending; each supplying the… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
A chord, stronger or weaker, is snapped asunder in every parting, and time's busy fingers are not practiced in re-splicing broken ties.… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Why should the soul ever repose? God, its Principle, reposes never. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to… — 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
