390 Quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I have wrought great use out of evil tools.

Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed.

Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.

The classic literature is always modern.

It may, indeed, be said that sympathy exists in all minds, as Faraday has discovered that magnetism exists in all metals; but a certain temperature is required to develop the hidden property, whether in the metal or the mind.

Women love energy and grand results.

Alas! innocence is but a poor substitute for experience.

There is an ill-breeding to which, whatever our rank and nature, we are almost equally sensitive, the ill-breeding that comes from want of consideration for others.

Never, be argued out of your soul, never be argued out of your honor, and never be argued into believing that soul and honor do not run a terrible risk if you limp into life with the load of a debt on your shoulders.