All Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton Quotes
- Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize. Gives
- Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read. Book
- Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them. Aught
- There is a pleasure that is born of pain. Born
- A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough… Becomes
- Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem. Inspirational
- No life can be pure in its purpose, and strong in its strife, and all life not be purer and stronger thereby. All
- The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can, I say: For Beauty is easy enough to win; But… Beauty
- It is, however, not to the museum, or the lecture-room, or the drawing- school, but to the library, that we must go for the completion… Age
- We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live… Art
- Since we parted yester eve, I do love thee, love, believe, Twelve times dearer, twelve hours longer,- One dream deeper, one night stronger, One sun… Belief
- We are our own fates.- Our deeds are our own doomsmen.- Man's life was made not for creeds but actions. Action
- Whenever I hear French spoken as I approve, I find myself quietly falling in love. Approve
- Thought alone is eternal Alone
- The world's a nettle; disturb it, it stings: Grasp it firmly, it stings not. Disturb
- Sorrows humanize our race; tears are the showers that fertilize the world. Fertilize
- That man is great, and he alone, Who serves a greatness not his own, For neither praise nor self: Content to know and be unknown:… Alone
- Great sorrow makes sacred the sufferer. Great
- Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go, And fight our own shadows forever? Alas
- Who knows nothing base, Fears nothing known. Base
- Unseen hands delay The coming of what oft seems close in ken, And, contrary, the moment, when we say "'Twill never come!" comes on us… Close
- They only fall, that strive to move, Or lose, that care to keep. Care
- The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one May hope to achieve it before life be done. But he who seeks all… Achieve
- No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere. Ever Rose
- No true love there can be without Its dread penalty--jealousy. Dread