“The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.” HumansGivenMysteryDivineWillingPoetRemainsMissionsReverence Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it. But we cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for; that task is left to others. With the desire for excellence comes, therefore, the desire for approbation. And this distinguishes intellectual excellence from moral excellence; for the latter has no necessity of human tribunal; it is more inclined to shrink from the public than to invite the public to be its judge.” HumansLittlesDesireLeftWishMoralJudgingDegreesIntellectualTasksExcellenceStriveLatterAttributesInvitesShrinksTribunalsMoral Excellence Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Out of the ashes of misanthropy benevolence rises again; we find many virtues where we had imagined all was vice, many acts of disinterested friendship where we had fancied all was calculation and fraud--and so gradually from the two extremes we pass to the proper medium; and, feeling that no human being is wholly good or wholly base, we learn that true knowledge of mankind which induces us to expect little and forgive much. The world cures alike the optimist and the misanthrope.” WorldHumansLittlesTwoFeelingsHuman BeingsVirtueMankindForgivingVicesExtremesMediumsCuresFraudAshesOptimistCalculationsBenevolenceDisinterestedMisanthropyTrue KnowledgeMisanthropeTwo Extremes Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Wrap thyself in the decent veil that the arts or the graces weave for thee, O human nature! It is only the statue of marble whose nakedness the eye can behold without shame and offence!” HumansArtEyeGraceHuman NatureShameTheeDecentModestyVeilsStatuesThyselfWrapsMarbleOffence Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Genius in the poet, like the nomad of Arabia, ever a wanderer, still ever makes a home where the well or the palm-tree invites it to pitch the tent. Perpetually passing out of himself and his own positive circumstantial condition of being into other hearts and into other conditions, the poet obtains his knowledge of human life by transporting his own life into the lives of others.” HumansWellsHeartStillsHomeTreeConditionsPoetGeniusPassingPassingsHuman LifeInvitesPalmsArabiaTentsLives Of OthersNomadWanderersPalm TreesPassing Out Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“At court one becomes a sort of human ant eater, and learns to catch one's prey by one's tongue.” HumansPolicyCourtTonguePreyAnts Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Happy indeed the poet of whom, like Orpheus, nothing is known but an immortal name! Happy next, perhaps, the poet of whom, like Homer, nothing is known but the immortal works. The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.” HumansNextNamesGivenKnownMysteryDivineWillingPoetFameRemainsMissionsImmortalReverenceOrpheus Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Nothing but real love--(how rare it is; has one human heart in a million ever known it?) nothing but real love can repay us for the loss of freedom--the cares and fears of poverty--the cold pity of the world that we both despise and respect.” WorldLoveHumansHeartRealCareLossKnownPovertyMillionsColdPityDespiseReal LoveHuman HeartLove Respect Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Rarest of all things on earth is the union in which both, by their contrasts, make harmonious their blending; each supplying the defects of the helpmate, and completing, by fusion, one strong human soul.” HumansSoulEarthStrongAll ThingsUnionsContrastDefectsHuman SoulHarmoniousFusionCompletingWedlock Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.” HumansLibertyEssentialsDignityHuman DignityParamountHuman HappinessPersonal DignityPersonal Liberty Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.” HumansCharacterNatureHuman NatureConsistentAuthorshipInconsistency Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“To judge human character rightly, a man may sometimes have very small experience, provided he has a very large heart.” MenHumansHeartMaySometimesCharacterJudging Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“It is destiny phrase of the weak human heart! 'It is destiny' dark apology for every error! The strong and virtuous admit no destiny” HumansHeartStrongDarkDestinyWeakErrorsPhrasesApologyVirtuousHuman Heart Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
