Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
man unless
O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.
man people refuse
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.
energy future left men repent virtue
What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.
brainy
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
agonizing fine rough truth
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
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.
wants
What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.
man
Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
certainty life
There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.
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.
age gray knows
It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.
classic newest science
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
truth
One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.
account chance gift happens turn
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.