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Quotations By Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton


Age
I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and freshness. The youth of nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.

Beauty
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

Books
Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.

Chance
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

Enemy
Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.

Happiness
Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

Literature
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. -- Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton

Love
If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

Truth
Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.