Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Writers are the main landmarks of the past.

Writers are the main landmarks of the past.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment

To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment

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

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

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.