~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes ~

[MysteRy]

In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves For a bright manhood there is no such word As fail.

[MysteRy]

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

[MysteRy]

We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks.

[MysteRy]

Strike from mankind the principle of faith and men would have no more history than a flock of sheep.

[MysteRy]

There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.

[MysteRy]

In science read by preference the newest works; in literature the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

[MysteRy]

In life it is difficult to say who do you the most mischief enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.

[MysteRy]

Take in the ideas of the day drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow time enough to consider it when it becomes today.

[MysteRy]

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illess is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.

[MysteRy]

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it moves stones it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

[MysteRy]

The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life discerns his object and toward that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.