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, 1st Baron Lytton More Quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton More Quotes From Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,-"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost." Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton like-youwisehome Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton servantprovidencefate Men of strong affections are jealous of their own genius. They fear lest they should be loved for a quality, and not for themselves. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton jealousystrongmen 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, 1st Baron Lytton wifeteammen What, after all, is heaven, but a transition from dim guesses and blind struggling with a mysterious and adverse fate to the fullness of all wisdom--from ignorance, in a word, to knowledge, but knowledge of what order? Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton fateignorancestruggle In science, address the few, in literature the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner or later, force their judgement on the few. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton judgementliteraturescience He who sees his heir in his own child, carries his eye over hopes and possessions lying far beyond his gravestone, viewing his life, even here, as a period but closed with a comma. He who sees his heir in another man's child sees the full stop at the end of the sentence. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton eyelyingchildren Love is rarely a hypocrite; but hate--how detect and how guard against it! It lurks where you least expect it; it is created by causes that you can the least foresee; and civilization multiplies its varieties, whilst it favors its disguise. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton hatehypocritelove-is Beside one deed of guilt, how blest is guiltless woe! Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton woeguiltdeeds It is a very high mind to which gratitude is not a painful sensation. If you wish to please, you will find it wiser to receive, solicit even, favors, than accord them; for the vanity of the obligor is always flattered, that of the obligee rarely. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton vanitygratitudemind Evening is the delight of virtuous age; it seems an emblem of the tranquil close of busy life--serene, placid, and mild, with the impress of its great Creator stamped upon it; it spreads its quiet wings over the grave, and seems to promise that all shall be peace beyond it. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton agewingspromise A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton bodymindyesterday In early youth, if we find it difficult to control our feelings, so we find it difficult to vent them in the presence of others. On the spring side of twenty, if anything affects us, we rush to lock ourselves up in our room, or get away into the street or the fields; in our earlier years we are still the savages of nature, and we do as the poor brutes do. The wounded stag leaves the herd; and if there is anything on a dog's faithful heart, he slinks away into a corner. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton dogheartspring Birds sing in vain to the ear, flowers bloom in vain to the eye, of mortified vanity and galled ambition. He who would know repose in retirement must carry into retirement his destiny, integral and serene, as the Caesars transported the statue of Fortune into the chamber they chose for their sleep. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton flowerambitionretirement A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton pleasurelastsmind The same refinement which brings us new pleasures exposes us to new pains. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton new-beginningspleasurepain Remedy your deficiencies,and your merits will take care of themselves. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton self-improvementmeritcare There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton fateinspirationalphilosophy Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton turnsfatechance Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton echoesvirtuelosing
