Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes

The sunshine of the mind.

In science read by preference the newest works in literature the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

Laws die Books never.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm it moves stones it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

What is human is immortal!

We may live without friends we may live without books But civilized man cannot live without cooks.

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

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.

A reform is a correction of abuses a revolution is a transfer of power.

In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves For a bright manhood there is no such word As fail.

Genius does what it must and talent does what it can.

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill never own it to yourself. Illess is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.

Time is money.