“Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it is the real allegory of the tale of Orpheus—it moves stones, it charms brutes.”

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), Book I, Ch. 8

About Edward Bulwer-Lytton

1803 – 1873

English novelist and politician, author of "The Last Days of Pompeii".

“All doubt is cowardice—all trust is brave.”

“Life, that ever needs forgiveness, has, for its first duty, to forgive.”

“Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.”

“Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from the human to the divine.”

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“Nothing will work unless you do.”

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”

“If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.”