Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, 1803 - 1873
Oil on canvas by Henry William Pickersgill (ca. 1831)
Born: 25 May 1803, London, England, UK
Died: 18 January 1873, Torquay, Devonshire, England, UK
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- 'Know thyself', said the old philosopher, 'improve thyself', saith the new. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - A mind once cultivated will not lie fallow for half an hour. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - Art and science have their meeting point in method. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - 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 upon them that which nature does not possess, viz.: the mind and soul of man. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - But where is the man who can live without dining? permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - Genius does what it must and talent does what it can. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - Give sorrow words: the grief, that does not speak, whispers to the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - The Student (1835) - If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit. permalink
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
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