Faith builds in the dungeon and lazarhouse its sublimest shrines; and up, through roofs of stone, that shut out the eye of heaven, ascends the ladder where the angels glide to and fro,--prayer. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton More Quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton More Quotes From Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton The heart of a girl is like a convent--the holier the cloister, the more charitable the door. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton girlheartdoors Of all the virtues necessary to the completion of the perfect man, there is none to be more delicately implied and less ostentatiously vaunted than that of exquisite feeling or universal benevolence. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton perfectkindnessmen The law is a gun, which if it misses a pigeon always kills a crow; if it does not strike the guilty, it hits someone else. As every crime creates a law, so in turn every law creates a crime. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton gunlawmissing Alone!-that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE! Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton wastegriefhope Success never needs an excuse. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton excuseneeds The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton purposesuccessmen Beautiful eyes in the face of a handsome woman are like eloquence to speech. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton speecheyebeautiful Law dies, books never. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton dieslawbook The mate for beauty should be a man and not a money chest. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton shouldbeautymen Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton originalitynobleimagination It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton errorscouragemean The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton destinystrongwisdom One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton truthworld 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, 1st Baron Lytton skillsplaylife The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton wreckspassionmind Love is on the verge of hate each time it stoops for pardon. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton pardonhatelove-is At court one becomes a sort of human ant eater, and learns to catch one's prey by one's tongue. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton preytongueants Two lives that once part are as ships that divide. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton shipsdivorcetwo A mind once cultivated will not lie fallow for half an hour. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton halfmindlying If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton creditlettersheart
