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Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

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

I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

The purpose of man is in action not thought.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quote

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