Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
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Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.
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More is got from one book on which the thought settles for a definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye.
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Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature, takes from nature the selections which best accord with its own intention, and then bestows on them that which nature does not possess, viz: The mind and soul of man.
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Let youth cherish sleep, the happiest of earthly boons, while yet it is at its command; for there cometh the day to all when "neither the voice of the lute nor the birds" shall bring back the sweet slumbers that fell on their young eyes as unbidden as the dews.
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Ah, what without a heaven would be even love!--a perpetual terror of the separation that must one day come.
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Vanity, indeed, is the very antidote to conceit; for while the former makes us all nerve to the opinion of others, the latter is perfectly satisfied with its opinion of itself.
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Emotion, whether of ridicule, anger, or sorrow,--whether raised at a puppet show, a funeral, or a battle,--is your grandest of levellers. The man who would be always superior should be always apathetic.
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It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.
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I did not fall into love - I rose into love.
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Poverty has strange bedfellows.
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When you talk to the half-wise, twaddle; when you talk to the ignorant, brag; when you talk to the sagacious, look very humble and ask their opinion.
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You know There are moments when silence, prolonged and unbroken, More expressive may be than all words ever spoken.
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Kindness like light speaks in the air it gilds.
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What a rare gift, by the by, is that of manners! how difficult to define, how much more difficult to impart! Better for a man to possess them than wealth, beauty, or talent; they will more than supply all.
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There is one form of hope which is never unwise, and which certainly does not diminish with the increase of knowledge. In that form it changes its name, and we call it patience.
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But never yet the dog our country fed, Betrayed the kindness or forgot the bread.
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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
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In these days half our diseases come from neglect of the body in overwork of the brain.
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Love is a very contradiction of all the elements of our ordinary nature -- it makes the proud man meek -- the cheerful, sad -- the high-spirited, tame; our strongest resolutions, our hardiest energy fail before it. Believe me, you cannot prophesy of its future effect in a man from any knowledge of his past character.
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The affections are immortal! They are the sympathies which unite the ceaseless generations.
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He who seeks repentance for the past, should woo the angel virtue for the future.
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As the excitement of the game increases, prudence is sure to diminish.
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The faults of a brilliant writer are never dangerous on the long run; a thousand people read his work who would read no other; inquiry is directed to each of his doctrines; it is soon discovered what is sound and what is false; the sound become maxims, and the false beacons.
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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.