Quotes by Edward G Bulwer-Lytton

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at...

#Luck

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality

#Originality

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength

#Patience

Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny

#Patience, #Strength

Punctuality is a virtue, if you don't mind being lonely

#Being Lonely, #Punctuality, #Time

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue

#Remorse

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

#Mankind, #Talent

In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no...

#Youth

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it

#Conversation, #Spirit

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

#Reading