109 ordspråk av Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
 Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame -to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a Hell! |
| He who has little silver in his pouch must have the more silk on his tongue |
| Hope warps judgment in council, but quickens energy in action |
| How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel. |
| How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism. |
| If the whole be greater than a part of him man must be greater than that part of him which is found in a book |
| In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. |
| In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest. |
| In science, address the few, in literature, the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner or later, force their judgment on the few. |
| Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . . |
| It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything |
| It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best |
| It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart. |
| It is recorded of many great men, who did not end their days in a workhouse, that they were nonretentive of money |
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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