Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
patience
Patience is not active; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.
cigar comfort cry good great man men-and-women
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
sad sole triumphs
We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
ounce
When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
leave love relationship thou
Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.
dreams shall thy
Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.
fool man wisdom
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
correction power reform transfer
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
enthusiast ruins
The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.
disposal generous giveth happiness man thou unto
If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.
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.
wants
What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.
truth
One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.