103 ordspråk av Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton föddes den May 25th 1803 och dog den 18 January 1873
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 Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy |
| Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater |
| Nature's loving proxy, the watching mother |
| Nine times out of ten it is over the Bridge of Sighs that we pass the narrow gulf from youth to manhood. That interval is usually marked by an ill placed or disappointed affection. We recover and we find ourselves a new being. The intellect has become hardened by the fire through which it has passed. The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion, and we may measure our road to wisdom by the sorrows we have undergone. |
| No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies |
| Nothing really immoral is ever permanently popular. |
| Oh, better, no doubt, is a dinner of herbs, When seasoned by love, which no rancor disturbs, And sweetened by all that is sweetest in life, Than turbot, bisque, ortolans, eaten with strife |
| One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error. |
| Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength |
| Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength |
| Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny |
| Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny |
| Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength. |
| Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes |
| Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise. |
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