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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.

It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.

There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: Art and science have their meeting point in method.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: 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.

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.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.

One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize.

Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why; It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die.

I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why; It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: The easiest person to deceive is one's self.

The easiest person to deceive is one's self.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton quotes: O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.