390 Quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History reveals men’s deeds and their outward characters, but not themselves. There is a secret self that has its own life, unpenetrated and unguessed.

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.

A trusty companion halves the journey and doubles the courage.

We are born for a higher destiny than that of earth; there is a realm where the rainbow never fades, where the stars will be spread before us like islands that slumber on the ocean, and where the beings that pass before us like shadows will stay in our presence forever.

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man’s observation, not overturning it.

Master books, but do not let them master you.

Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.