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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes


An English politician, poet, playwright, and prolific novelist.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and prolific novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the famous opening line "It was a dark and stormy night".

Here are some famous quotes by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton.




Laws die Books never.

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The sunshine of the mind.

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What is human is immortal!

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The pen is mightier than the sword.

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In life as in art the beautiful moves in curves.

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Genius does what it must, talent does what it can.

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Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

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A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

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The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.

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If you wish to be loved show more of your faults than your virtues.

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A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.

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A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

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Master books but do not let them master you. Read to live not live to read.

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Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.

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When a person is down in the world an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.