Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Out of the ashes of misanthropy benevolence rises again; we find many virtues where we had imagined all was vice, many acts of disinterested friendship where we had fancied all was calculation and fraud--and so gradually from the two extremes we pass to the proper medium; and, feeling that no human being is wholly good or wholly base, we learn that true knowledge of mankind which induces us to expect little and forgive much. The world cures alike the optimist and the misanthrope.
Quotes to Explore
-
Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.
-
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
-
We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.
-
What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
-
I feel very close to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders.
-
You say 'African music' and you think 'tribal drumming.' But there's a lot of African music that's like James Brown, and a lot, too, that sounds very Hispanic.
-
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
-
What I love about sci-fi is that every generation's films are based on what we know at that point in time. We make movies about the future, but it's always based on what we have. Then, as science grows and we discover new things, so do our ideas.
-
Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.
-
You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them.
-
There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
-
A lot of rappers lie about who and what they are.
-
I always say don't make plans, make options.
-
God is Infinite and His Shadow is also infinite. The Shadow of God is the Infinite Space that accommodates the infinite Gross Sphere which, with its occurrences of millions of universes, within and without the ranges of men's knowledge, is the Creation that issued from the Point of Finiteness in the infinite Existence that is God.
-
And I, infinitesimal being, drunk with the great starry void, likeness, image of mystery, I felt myself a pure part of the abyss, I wheeled with the stars, my heart broke loose on the wind.
-
God gives everyone the same amount of talent. It's just up to you to korek (dig).
-
I always played soccer in Adidas, but I always wore Nikes. I love street sportswear.
-
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
-
Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.
-
Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.
-
We may form free constitutions, but our vices will destroy them; we may enact laws, but they will not protect us.
-
Out of the ashes of misanthropy benevolence rises again; we find many virtues where we had imagined all was vice, many acts of disinterested friendship where we had fancied all was calculation and fraud--and so gradually from the two extremes we pass to the proper medium; and, feeling that no human being is wholly good or wholly base, we learn that true knowledge of mankind which induces us to expect little and forgive much. The world cures alike the optimist and the misanthrope.
