It is, however, not to the museum, or the lecture-room, or the — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Master books, but do not let them master you. – Read to live, not live to read. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
That man is great, and he alone, Who serves a greatness not — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
There’s a moment when all would go smooth and even, If only — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
However we pass Time, he passes still, Passing away whatever the pastime, — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Whenever I hear French spoken as I approve, I find myself quietly falling in love. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Unseen hands delay The coming of what oft seems close in ken, — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Art is Nature made by Man / To Man the interpreter of God. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
No true love there can be without Its dread penalty–jealousy. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Only by knowledge of that which is not thyself, shall thyself be learned. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
The world’s a nettle; disturb it, it stings: Grasp it firmly, it stings not. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Sorrows humanize our race; tears are the showers that fertilize the world. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
I loved you ere I knew you; know you now, And having known you, love you better still. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
There is nothing certain in a man’s life but that he must lose it. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
No one will learn anything at all, unless one first will learn humility. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
We gain justice, judgment, with years, or else years are in vain. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
We may live without friends; we may live without books But civilized — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Since we parted yester eve, I do love thee, love, believe, Twelve — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton