63 Quotes by Edward Bulwer Lytton

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it.

The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.

Sorrows humanize our race; tears are the showers that fertilize the world.

Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius.

Jewelry and profuse ornaments are unmistakable evidences of vulgarity.

The classic literature is always modern.

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

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

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