Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.
account chance gift happens turn
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
truth
One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.
cannot feeling great life love woe
I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why; It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die.
classic newest science
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.
age gray knows
It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.
found happiness middle narrow objects wandering
What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.
Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.
certainty life
There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.
man
Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
wants
What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.
The easiest person to deceive is one's self.
best happiest happiness rest
Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.