Genius does what it must, talent does what it can.
More Quotes from Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton:
A chord, stronger or weaker, is snapped asunder in every parting, and time's busy fingers are not practiced in re-splicing broken ties. Meet again you may will it be in the same way.Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
Innocence is but a poor substitute for experience.
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword.
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything. Most people are brave only in the dangers to which they accustom themselves, either in imagination or practice.
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
Two lives that once part are like ships that divide. There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History reveals men's deeds and their outward characters, but not themselves. There is a secret self that has its own life, unpenetrated and unguessed.
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
Man only of all earthly creatures, asks, Can the dead die forever - and the instinct that urges the question is God's answer to man, for no instinct is given in vain.
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
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