Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quotes
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![Fate laughs at probabilities. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/23/2723A-fate-laughs-at-probabilities-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Fate laughs at probabilities.
![The pen is mightier than the sword. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/06/1906A-the-pen-is-mightier-than-the-sword-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
The pen is mightier than the sword.
![Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/13/38813A-remorse-is-the-echo-of-a-lost-virtue-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.
![A good man does good merely by living. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/20/3920A-a-good-man-does-good-merely-by-living-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
A good man does good merely by living.
![Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/10/30210A-nothing-is-so-contagious-as-enthusiasm-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.
![Nature's loving proxy, the watchful mother. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/34/36134A-natures-loving-proxy-the-watchful-mother-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Nature's loving proxy, the watchful mother.
!['Tis at sixty a man learns how to value home. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/18/9118A-tis-at-sixty-a-man-learns-how-value-home-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
'Tis at sixty a man learns how to value home.
![Castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/06/19506A-castles-in-the-air-cost-a-vast-deal-keep-up-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up.
![Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/52/20352A-talent-does-what-it-can-genius-does-what-it-must-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
![One vice worn out makes us wiser than fifty tutors. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/18/41618A-one-vice-worn-out-makes-us-wiser-than-fifty-tutors-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
One vice worn out makes us wiser than fifty tutors.
![Reading without purpose is sauntering, not exercise. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/92/38592A-reading-without-purpose-is-sauntering-not-exercise-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Reading without purpose is sauntering, not exercise.
![Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/80/2780A-fate-is-not-the-ruler-but-servant-providence-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.
![A fool flatters himself—a wise man flatters the fool. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/92/31292A-a-fool-flatters-himself-a-wise-man-flatters-fool-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
A fool flatters himself—a wise man flatters the fool.
![A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/81/3481A-a-good-heart-is-better-than-all-heads-world-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
![Love sacrifices all things to bless the thing it loves. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/23/3223A-love-sacrifices-all-things-to-bless-thing-it-loves-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Love sacrifices all things to bless the thing it loves.
![Great men gain doubly when they make foes their friends. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/21/9421A-great-men-gain-doubly-when-they-make-foes-their-friends-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Great men gain doubly when they make foes their friends.
![Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets! - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/21/29821A-dream-manfully-and-nobly-and-thy-dreams-shall-be-prophets-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets!
![There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely as praise. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/29/6729A-theres-no-weapon-that-slays-its-victim-so-surely-as-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely as praise.
![A mind once cultivated will not lie fallow for half an hour. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/51/35851A-a-mind-once-cultivated-will-not-lie-fallow-half-hour-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
A mind once cultivated will not lie fallow for half an hour.
![The public man needs but one patron, namely, the lucky moment. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/02/2802A-the-public-man-needs-but-one-patron-namely-lucky-moment-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
The public man needs but one patron, namely, the lucky moment.
![How a little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/43/6743A-how-a-little-praise-warms-out-man-good-that-is-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
How a little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him.
![The truest eloquence is that which holds us too mute for applause. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/56/30056A-the-truest-eloquence-is-that-which-holds-us-too-mute-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
The truest eloquence is that which holds us too mute for applause.
![If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/66/20266A-if-you-wish-to-be-loved-show-more-your-faults-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.
![Earnest men never think in vain though their thoughts may be errors. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/83/4783A-earnest-men-never-think-in-vain-though-their-thoughts-may-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Earnest men never think in vain though their thoughts may be errors.
![We lose the peace of years when we hunt after the rapture of moments. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/33/3733A-we-lose-the-peace-of-years-when-we-hunt-after-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
We lose the peace of years when we hunt after the rapture of moments.
![A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/99/38999A-a-reform-is-a-correction-of-abuses-revolution-is-transfer-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
![Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/94/2894A-chance-happens-to-all-but-to-turn-chance-account-is-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
![A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/05/1905A-a-good-cigar-is-as-great-comfort-man-as-good-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
![Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/36/7336A-invention-is-nothing-more-than-a-fine-deviation-from-or-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model.
![When a man is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/04/6904A-when-a-man-is-down-in-world-ounce-help-is-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
When a man is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
![Nothing is so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth! - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/87/41287A-nothing-is-so-agonizing-to-the-fine-skin-vanity-as-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Nothing is so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth!
![When a person's down in the world, I think an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/92/41992A-when-a-persons-down-in-the-world-i-think-ounce-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
When a person's down in the world, I think an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
![The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/03/28603A-the-true-spirit-of-conversation-consists-building-another-mans-observation-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
![When we look back upon human records, how the eye settles upon writers as the main landmarks of the past. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/13/42413A-when-we-look-back-upon-human-records-how-eye-settles-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
When we look back upon human records, how the eye settles upon writers as the main landmarks of the past.
![It seems to me that the coming of love is like the coming of spring; the date is not to be reckoned by the calendar. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/09/35109A-it-seems-to-me-that-the-coming-love-is-like-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
It seems to me that the coming of love is like the coming of spring; the date is not to be reckoned by the calendar.
![Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame — to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/19/8319A-happy-is-the-man-who-hath-never-known-what-it-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame — to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell.
![In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/21/5821A-in-science-read-by-preference-the-newest-works-literature-oldest-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
![The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach themselves. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/23/5623A-the-best-teacher-is-the-one-who-suggests-rather-than-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach themselves.
![The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part which he means to be clever. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/31/5331A-the-worst-part-of-an-eminent-mans-conversation-is-nine-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part which he means to be clever.
![Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/80/4980A-common-sense-is-only-a-modification-talent-genius-is-exaltation-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
![How many of us have been incited to reason, have first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/66/26166A-how-many-of-us-have-been-incited-reason-have-first-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
How many of us have been incited to reason, have first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.
![Youth, beauty, pomp, what are these, in point of attraction, to a woman's heart, when compared to eloquence? The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/55/30055A-youth-beauty-pomp-what-are-these-point-attraction-womans-heart-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Youth, beauty, pomp, what are these, in point of attraction, to a woman's heart, when compared to eloquence? The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
![Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which of the two takes the sunny side; he will be the younger man of the two. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/24/42924A-every-street-has-two-sides-the-shady-side-sunny-when-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which of the two takes the sunny side; he will be the younger man of the two.
![It is only in some corner of the brain which we leave empty that Vice can obtain a lodging. When she knocks at your door, my son, be able to say, "No room for your ladyship—pass on." - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/19/41619A-it-is-only-in-some-corner-brain-which-we-leave-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
It is only in some corner of the brain which we leave empty that Vice can obtain a lodging. When she knocks at your door, my son, be able to say, "No room for your ladyship—pass on."
![Philosophers have done wisely when they have told us to cultivate our reason rather than our feelings, for reason reconciles us to daily things of existence; our feelings teach us to yearn after the far, the difficult, the unseen. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton quote.](/img/q/57/4857A-philosophers-have-done-wisely-when-they-have-told-us-cultivate-edward-bulwer-lytton.png)
Philosophers have done wisely when they have told us to cultivate our reason rather than our feelings, for reason reconciles us to daily things of existence; our feelings teach us to yearn after the far, the difficult, the unseen.
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.