Quotes from The Caxtons — Edward Bulwer-Lytton
1803–1873 England
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Earnest men never think in vain, though their thoughts may be errors.
The Caxtons (1849)
We cannot think or act, but the soul of some man, who has lived before, points the way. The dead never die.
The Caxtons (1849)
Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.
The Caxtons (1849)
It is not study alone that produces a writer; it is Intensity.
The Caxtons (1849)
No wonder that the horn-book is the despair of mothers!
The Caxtons (1849)
Childhood and genius have the same master-organ in common—inquisitiveness. Let childhood have its way, and as it began where genius begins, it may find what genius finds.
The Caxtons (1849)
It is an inevitable law that a man, in spite of himself, should live for something higher than his own happiness. He cannot live in himself or for himself, however egotistical he may try to be. Every desire he has links him with others.
The Caxtons (1849)