Quotes from Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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

Fate laughs at probabilities.

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

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.