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Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.”

51. “Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “What is human is immortal!”

52. “What is human is immortal!”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “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.”

53. “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.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “If aught be worse than failure from overstress of a life’s prime purpose, it is to sit down content with a little success.”

54. “If aught be worse than failure from overstress of a life’s prime purpose, it is to sit down content with a little success.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Success never needs an excuse.”

55. “Success never needs an excuse.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.”

56. “What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.”

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

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.”

58. “Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Husband and wife have so many interests in common that when they have jogged through the ups and downs of life a sufficient time, the leash which at first galled often grows easy and familiar.”

59. “Husband and wife have so many interests in common that when they have jogged through the ups and downs of life a sufficient time, the leash which at first galled often grows easy and familiar.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The mate for beauty should be a man and not a money chest.”

60. “The mate for beauty should be a man and not a money chest.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Midnight, and love, and youth, and Italy!”

61. “Midnight, and love, and youth, and Italy!”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.”

62. “The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “In life, as in whist, hope nothing from the way cards may be dealt to you. Play the cards, whatever they be, to the best of your skill.”

63. “In life, as in whist, hope nothing from the way cards may be dealt to you. Play the cards, whatever they be, to the best of your skill.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Labour is the purgatory of the erring.”

64. “Labour is the purgatory of the erring.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “A woman too often reasons from her heart; hence two-thirds of her mistakes and her troubles.”

65. “A woman too often reasons from her heart; hence two-thirds of her mistakes and her troubles.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend.”

66. “I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Vanity calculates but poorly on the vanity of others; what a virtue we should distil from frailty, what a world of pain we should save our brethren, if we would suffer our own weakness to be the measure of theirs.”

67. “Vanity calculates but poorly on the vanity of others; what a virtue we should distil from frailty, what a world of pain we should save our brethren, if we would suffer our own weakness to be the measure of theirs.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Keep unscathed the good name; keep out of peril the honor without which even your battered old soldier who is hobbling into his grave on half-pay and a wooden leg would not change with Achilles.”

68. “Keep unscathed the good name; keep out of peril the honor without which even your battered old soldier who is hobbling into his grave on half-pay and a wooden leg would not change with Achilles.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Men never forgive those in whom there is nothing to pardon.”

69. “Men never forgive those in whom there is nothing to pardon.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Better than fame is still the wish for fame, the constant training for a glorious strife.”

70. “Better than fame is still the wish for fame, the constant training for a glorious strife.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “No happiness without order, no order without authority, no authority without unity.”

71. “No happiness without order, no order without authority, no authority without unity.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail.”

72. “In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Punctuality is a virtue, If you don’t mind being lonely.”

73. “Punctuality is a virtue, If you don’t mind being lonely.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Love sacrifices all things to bless the thing it loves.”

74. “Love sacrifices all things to bless the thing it loves.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Master books, but do not let them master you.”

75. “Master books, but do not let them master you.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “There is no past, as long as books shall live. Books make the past our heritage and our home.”

76. “There is no past, as long as books shall live. Books make the past our heritage and our home.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.”

77. “The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “A trusty companion halves the journey and doubles the courage.”

78. “A trusty companion halves the journey and doubles the courage.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.”

79. “The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Hobbies should be wives, not mistresses. It will not do to have more than one at a time. One hobby leads you out of extravagance; a team of hobbies you cannot drive till you are rich enough to find corn for them all. Few men are rich enough for that.”

80. “Hobbies should be wives, not mistresses. It will not do to have more than one at a time. One hobby leads you out of extravagance; a team of hobbies you cannot drive till you are rich enough to find corn for them all. Few men are rich enough for that.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.”

81. “In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Love like Death,, Levels all ranks, and lays the shepherd’s crook Beside the scepter.”

82. “Love like Death,, Levels all ranks, and lays the shepherd’s crook Beside the scepter.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Sharp is the kiss of the falcon’s beak.”

83. “Sharp is the kiss of the falcon’s beak.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which of the two takes the sunny side; he will be the younger man of the two.”

84. “Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which of the two takes the sunny side; he will be the younger man of the two.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Expression is the mystery of beauty.”

85. “Expression is the mystery of beauty.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Rank is a great beautifier.”

86. “Rank is a great beautifier.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Beautiful eyes in the face of a handsome woman are like eloquence to speech.”

87. “Beautiful eyes in the face of a handsome woman are like eloquence to speech.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.”

88. “It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything. Most people are brave only in the dangers to which they accustom themselves, either in imagination or practice.”

89. “It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything. Most people are brave only in the dangers to which they accustom themselves, either in imagination or practice.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “It is destiny phrase of the weak human heart! ‘It is destiny’ dark apology for every error! The strong and virtuous admit no destiny.”

90. “It is destiny phrase of the weak human heart! ‘It is destiny’ dark apology for every error! The strong and virtuous admit no destiny.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.”

91. “It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “There is in the heart of woman such a deep well of love that no age can freeze it.”

92. “There is in the heart of woman such a deep well of love that no age can freeze it.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Whatever you lend let it be your money, and not your name. Money you may get again, and, if not, you may contrive to do without it; name once lost you cannot get again.”

93. “Whatever you lend let it be your money, and not your name. Money you may get again, and, if not, you may contrive to do without it; name once lost you cannot get again.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Love creates, love cements, love enters and harmonizes all things.”

94. “Love creates, love cements, love enters and harmonizes all things.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes.”

95. “Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Give, and you may keep your friend it you lose your money; lend, and the chances are that you lose your friend if ever you get back your money.”

96. “Give, and you may keep your friend it you lose your money; lend, and the chances are that you lose your friend if ever you get back your money.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.”

97. “Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History reveals men’s deeds and their outward characters, but not themselves. There is a secret self that has its own life, unpenetrated and unguessed.”

98. “There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History reveals men’s deeds and their outward characters, but not themselves. There is a secret self that has its own life, unpenetrated and unguessed.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.”

99. “Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.”

100. “Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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