The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
We cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
If aught be worse than failure from overstress of a life's prime purpose, it is to sit down content with a little… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The first essential to success in the art you practice is respect for the art itself. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Julius Caesar owed two millions when he risked the experiment of being general in Gaul. If Julius Caesar had not lived to… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable… — 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
