Wrap thyself in the decent veil that the arts or the graces weave for thee, O human nature! It is only the statue of marble whose nakedness the eye can behold without shame and offence! Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton More Quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton More Quotes From Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton fine genius purpose In how large a proportion of creatures is existence composed of one ruling passion, the most agonizing of all sensations--fear. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton agonizing passion fear It is a wonderful advantage to a man, in every pursuite or avocation, to secure an adviser in a sensible woman. In woman there is at once a subtle delicacy of tact, and a plain soundness of judgement, which are rarely combined to an equal degree in man. A woman, if she be really your friend, will have a sensitive regard for your character, honor, repute. She will seldom counsel you to do a shabby thing: for a woman friend always desires to be proud of you. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton friendship character men A sense of contentment makes us kindly and benevolent to others; we are not chafed and galled by cares which are tyrannical because original. We are fulfilling our proper destiny, and those around us feel the sunshine of our own hearts. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton sunshine destiny heart Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton concealed anger revenge The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton tongue magic language And, of all the things upon earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the best. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton faithful earth friendship Tears are akin to prayer - Pharisees parade prayers, imposters parade tears. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton pharisees tears prayer Kindness like light speaks in the air it gilds. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton light air kindness Let youth cherish sleep, the happiest of earthly boons, while yet it is at its command; for there cometh the day to all when "neither the voice of the lute nor the birds" shall bring back the sweet slumbers that fell on their young eyes as unbidden as the dews. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton eye sleep sweet Say what we will, we may be sure that ambition is an error. Its wear and tear on the heart are never recompensed. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton errors ambition heart Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton agents providence fate Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton inner-peace virtue happiness When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton helping-others pounds world Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton just-a-dream prophet dream He whom God hath gifted with a love of retirement possesses, as it were, an extra sense. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton retribution gifted retirement Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton indolence busy love It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton doom literature evil Every man loves and admires his own country because it produced him. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton admire men country Remedy your deficiencies, and your merits will take care of themselves. Every man has in him good and evil. His good is his valiant army, his evil is his corrupt commissariat; reform the commissariat and the army will do its duty. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton army character men
