Edward Bulwer-Lytton1803–1873The quotations of
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British statesman and author
1803–1873
15 quotes, most often on Youth, Truth & Lies and Reading.
If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.Richelieu (1839), Act II, Scene II- Zanoni (1842), Book IV, Chapter IV
There is an old age which has more youth of heart than youth itself!
Alice, or The Mysteries (1838), Book V, Chapter IWhen the People have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
Alice, or The Mysteries (1838), Book VI, Chapter VMaster books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.
The Caxtons (1849), Part II, Chapter ITruth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light—every eye looking on finds its own.
Caxtoniana (1862)- Caxtoniana (1862), Essay XVIII. Faith and Charity
In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves
For a bright manhood, there is no such word
As “fail”.Richelieu (1839)- The Last of the Barons (1843), Book V, Chapter I
- Caxtoniana (1862), Essay X. Hints on Mental Culture
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), Book I, Chapter VIII
- Lucretia (1846), Part II, Chapter XII
