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Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Some have the temperament and tastes of genius, without its creative power. They feel acutely, but express tamely.”

251. “Some have the temperament and tastes of genius, without its creative power. They feel acutely, but express tamely.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Almanzor, in Dryden’s tragedy of “Almahide,” did not change sides with more gallant indifference than the exemplary nurse.”

252. “Almanzor, in Dryden’s tragedy of “Almahide,” did not change sides with more gallant indifference than the exemplary nurse.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The commerce of intellect loves distant shores. The small retail dealer trades only with his neighbor; when the great merchant trades he links the four quarters of the globe.”

253. “The commerce of intellect loves distant shores. The small retail dealer trades only with his neighbor; when the great merchant trades he links the four quarters of the globe.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “In other countries poverty is a misfortune – with us it is a crime.”

254. “In other countries poverty is a misfortune – with us it is a crime.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood.”

255. “There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Art employs method for the symmetrical formation of beauty, as science employs it for the logical exposition of truth; but the mechanical process is, in the last, ever kept visibly distinct, while in the first it escapes from sight amid the shows of color and the curves of grace.”

256. “Art employs method for the symmetrical formation of beauty, as science employs it for the logical exposition of truth; but the mechanical process is, in the last, ever kept visibly distinct, while in the first it escapes from sight amid the shows of color and the curves of grace.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains.”

257. “It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his specialty alone.”

258. “Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his specialty alone.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.”

259. “The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “As the films of clay are removed from our eyes, Death loses the false aspect of the spectre, and we fall at last into its arms as a wearied child upon the bosom of its mother.”

260. “As the films of clay are removed from our eyes, Death loses the false aspect of the spectre, and we fall at last into its arms as a wearied child upon the bosom of its mother.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The first essential to success in the art you practice is respect for the art itself.”

261. “The first essential to success in the art you practice is respect for the art itself.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Injustice, they say, can only emanate from three causes: want of wisdom to perceive what is just, want of benevolence to desire, want of power to fulfill it; and that each of these three wants is incompatible in the All-Wise, the All-Good, the All-Powerful.”

262. “Injustice, they say, can only emanate from three causes: want of wisdom to perceive what is just, want of benevolence to desire, want of power to fulfill it; and that each of these three wants is incompatible in the All-Wise, the All-Good, the All-Powerful.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “A man who cannot win fame in big own age will have a very small chance of winning it from posterity. True, there are some half-dozen exceptions to this truth among millions of myriads that attest it; but what man of common sense would invest any large amount of hope in so unpromising a lottery?”

263. “A man who cannot win fame in big own age will have a very small chance of winning it from posterity. True, there are some half-dozen exceptions to this truth among millions of myriads that attest it; but what man of common sense would invest any large amount of hope in so unpromising a lottery?”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Why should the soul ever repose? God, its Principle, reposes never.”

264. “Why should the soul ever repose? God, its Principle, reposes never.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Death is the only monastery; the tomb is the only cell, and the grave that adjoins the convent is the bitterest mock of its futility.”

265. “Death is the only monastery; the tomb is the only cell, and the grave that adjoins the convent is the bitterest mock of its futility.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Happiness is the end at which they aim, not as the excitement of a moment, but as the prevailing condition of the entire existence; and regard for the happiness of each other is evinced by the exquisite amenity of their manners.”

266. “Happiness is the end at which they aim, not as the excitement of a moment, but as the prevailing condition of the entire existence; and regard for the happiness of each other is evinced by the exquisite amenity of their manners.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Could we know by what strange circumstances a man’s genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable items in his education were never entered in the bills which his father paid for.”

267. “Could we know by what strange circumstances a man’s genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable items in his education were never entered in the bills which his father paid for.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.”

268. “He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “A man of genius is inexhaustible only in proportion as he is always renourishing his genius.”

269. “A man of genius is inexhaustible only in proportion as he is always renourishing his genius.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.”

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

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “At court one becomes a sort of human ant eater, and learns to catch one’s prey by one’s tongue.”

271. “At court one becomes a sort of human ant eater, and learns to catch one’s prey by one’s tongue.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of all the signs of a corrupt heart and a feeble head, the tendency of incredulity is the surest. Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.”

272. “Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of all the signs of a corrupt heart and a feeble head, the tendency of incredulity is the surest. Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “There is no tongue that flatters like a lover’s; and yet, in the exaggeration of his feelings, flattery seems to him commonplace. Strange and prodigal exuberance, which soon exhausts itself by flowing!”

273. “There is no tongue that flatters like a lover’s; and yet, in the exaggeration of his feelings, flattery seems to him commonplace. Strange and prodigal exuberance, which soon exhausts itself by flowing!”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The secret of fashion is to surprise and never to disappoint.”

274. “The secret of fashion is to surprise and never to disappoint.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?”

275. “People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “It is often the easiest move that completes the game.”

276. “It is often the easiest move that completes the game.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.”

277. “Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Philosophers have done wisely when they have told us to cultivate our reason rather than our feelings, for reason reconciles us to the daily things of existence; our feelings teach us to yearn after the far, the difficult, the unseen.”

278. “Philosophers have done wisely when they have told us to cultivate our reason rather than our feelings, for reason reconciles us to the daily things of existence; our feelings teach us to yearn after the far, the difficult, the unseen.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Poverty has strange bedfellows.”

279. “Poverty has strange bedfellows.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The superstitious belief, common to miners, that gnomes or fiends dwell within the bowels of the earth, began to seize me. I shuddered at the thought of descending further and braving the inhabitants of this nether valley. Nor indeed could I have done so without ropes, as from the spot I had reached to the bottom of the chasm the sides of the rock sank down abrupt, smooth, and sheer. I retraced my steps with some difficulty. Now I have told you all.”

280. “The superstitious belief, common to miners, that gnomes or fiends dwell within the bowels of the earth, began to seize me. I shuddered at the thought of descending further and braving the inhabitants of this nether valley. Nor indeed could I have done so without ropes, as from the spot I had reached to the bottom of the chasm the sides of the rock sank down abrupt, smooth, and sheer. I retraced my steps with some difficulty. Now I have told you all.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Fiction may be said to be the caricature of history.”

281. “Fiction may be said to be the caricature of history.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left well off, and having a taste for travel and adventure, I resigned, for a time, all pursuit of the almighty dollar, and became a desultory wanderer over the face of the earth.”

282. “My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left well off, and having a taste for travel and adventure, I resigned, for a time, all pursuit of the almighty dollar, and became a desultory wanderer over the face of the earth.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose, may cling to the rock of ages, as a shell that survives a deluge.”

283. “They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose, may cling to the rock of ages, as a shell that survives a deluge.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Honest men are the gentlemen of nature.”

284. “Honest men are the gentlemen of nature.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The worst part of an eminent man’s conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever.”

285. “The worst part of an eminent man’s conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing.”

286. “We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Poets alone are sure of immortality; they are the truest diviners of nature.”

287. “Poets alone are sure of immortality; they are the truest diviners of nature.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “This confession leads me to the sentence with which I shall conclude: If, reader, in this book there be anything that pleases you, it is certainly mine; but whenever you come to something you dislike, – lay the blame upon the old gentleman!”

288. “This confession leads me to the sentence with which I shall conclude: If, reader, in this book there be anything that pleases you, it is certainly mine; but whenever you come to something you dislike, – lay the blame upon the old gentleman!”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “As the excitement of the game increases, prudence is sure to diminish.”

289. “As the excitement of the game increases, prudence is sure to diminish.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The higher the rank the less pretence, because there is less to pretend to.”

290. “The higher the rank the less pretence, because there is less to pretend to.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The affections are immortal! They are the sympathies which unite the ceaseless generations.”

291. “The affections are immortal! They are the sympathies which unite the ceaseless generations.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.”

292. “Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Nothing can constitute good-breeding that has not good-nature for its foundation.”

293. “Nothing can constitute good-breeding that has not good-nature for its foundation.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The grave is, I suspect, the sole commonwealth which attains that dead flat of social equality that life in its every principle so heartily abhors.”

294. “The grave is, I suspect, the sole commonwealth which attains that dead flat of social equality that life in its every principle so heartily abhors.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The Almighty proves his existence by creating.”

295. “The Almighty proves his existence by creating.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “No reproach is like that we clothe in a smile, and present with a bow.”

296. “No reproach is like that we clothe in a smile, and present with a bow.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Women love energy and grand results.”

297. “Women love energy and grand results.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “The brave man wants no charms to encourage him to his duty, and the good man scorns all warnings that would deter him from fulfilling it.”

298. “The brave man wants no charms to encourage him to his duty, and the good man scorns all warnings that would deter him from fulfilling it.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “There is no man so great as not to have some littleness more predominant than all his greatness. Our virtues are the dupes, and often only the plaything of our follies.”

299. “There is no man so great as not to have some littleness more predominant than all his greatness. Our virtues are the dupes, and often only the plaything of our follies.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quote: “Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters not a straw whether the recipient be the son of a Bourbon or of a tallow-chandler.”

300. “Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters not a straw whether the recipient be the son of a Bourbon or of a tallow-chandler.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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