Quotations Weblog

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) has a bit of a reputation as a bad writer, mostly due to his famous line, “It was a dark and stormy night,” that lives on in endless parodies and even a bad writing contest. Since I’ve written about that before, I should probably mention that Bulwer-Lytton has a few great quotations as well as being the originator of the saying “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Here are a few of my favorites.

• Read all of our Edward Bulwer-Lytton quotations
• Wikipedia biography: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• Read Bulwer-Lytton’s The Last Days of Pompeii at The Literature Page