English author & politician (1803-1873)
Money is a terrible blab; she will betray the secrets of her owner, whatever he do to gag her. His virtues will creep out in her whisper; his vices she will cry aloud at the top of her tongue.
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
Caxtoniana
Success never needs an excuse.
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
speech, May 15, 1854
Three things are ever silent--Thought, Destiny, and the Grave.
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
Harold
When you borrow on your character, it is your character that you leave in pawn.
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
Caxtoniana
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
The New Timon
The bold sympathize with the bold; and in great hearts, there is always a certain friendship for a gallant foe.
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings
Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.
EDWARD BULWER LYTTON
Caxtoniana
The Almighty proves his existence by creating.
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
Lucretia; or, The children of Night
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
The Student: A Series of Papers
In the hour of strait and need, we measure men's stature not by the body, but the soul!
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
The Last of the Barons
The fewer blows, the better. Brave men fight if they must; wise men never fight if they can help it.
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
Pausanias, the Spartan
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
What Will He Do With It?