Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Wisdom, Wise, Fool

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Love, Wish, Show

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Anger, Revenge, Often

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Dreams, Dream, Shall

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Nature, Love, Leave

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Life, Art, Beautiful

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Good, Heart, Heads

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Teacher, Best, Wish

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Great, Men, Rule

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Truth, Nothing, Fine

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Friendship, Gratitude, Him

It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Age, Heart, Hair

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Chance, Few, Gift

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Help, Person, Down

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Lost, Virtue, Remorse

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Men, Future, Past

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Live, Read, Books

O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Humility, Learn, Sure

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. 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.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Time, Today, Mind

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Power, Revolution, Reform

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Truth, Genius, Sincerity

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Happiness, Best, Rest

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Power, Strength, Calm

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Politician

Born: May 25, 1803

Died: January 18, 1873

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