Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton Quotes

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Genius does what it must, talent does what it can.

Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.

genius talent talent & genius

There's no weapon that slays
Its victim so surely (if well aim'd) as praise.

praise

We may live without friends; we may live without books. But civilized men cannot live without cooks.

cooking

We may live without poetry, music and art;
We may live without conscience, and live without heart;
We may live without friends; we may live without books;
But civilized man cannot live without cooks.

cooking