Edward G Bulwer Lytton quotes

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.

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.

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

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

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

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

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.