51 Quotes by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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

It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.

Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

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