“When you talk to the half-wise, twaddle; when you talk to the ignorant, brag; when you talk to the sagacious, look very humble and ask their opinion.” LooksAsksHalfOpinionWiseAdviceHumbleIgnorantBrag Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The object of ambition, unlike that of love, never being wholly possessed, ambition is the more durable passion of the two.” TwoPassionObjectsAmbitionPossessed Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Art employs method for the symmetrical formation of beauty, as science employs it for the logical exposition of truth; but the mechanical process is, in the last, ever kept visibly distinct, while in the first it escapes from sight amid the shows of color and the curves of grace.” FirstsArtShowsLastsProcessBeautyGraceColorSightMethodLogicalCurvesFormationSymmetrical Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and freshness. The youth of nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.” MenChildrenMorningYouthHe ManEvery MorningVirginsContagiousGladnessFreshnessHappy Children Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.” WellsDoneBusinessIllWell Done Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Fine natures are like fine poems; a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess into the beauty that waits you if you read on.” IfsFirstsTwoCharacterWaitingLinesFineGlances Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of millions of vibrations have to penetrate the eye before the eye can distinguish the tints of a violet.” EyeMillionsHundredSevenColourVioletPenetrateVibrations Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Self-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure of many hopes and the non-realization of many fears.” WorldSelfForceResultsConfidenceJudgmentRelationSelf ConfidenceRealizationInternals Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“A prudent consideration for Number One.” NumbersConsiderationPrudent Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton