390 Quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend.

Bu'' is a word that cools many a warm impulse, stifles many a kindly thought, puts a dead stop to many a brotherly deed. No one would ever love his neighbor as himself if he listened to all the ''Buts'' that could be said.

It is astonishing how little one feels poverty when one loves.

It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything

Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength

To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment

Writers are the main landmarks of the past.