Art itself is essentially ethical; because every true work of art must have a beauty or grandeur of some kind, and beauty and grandeur cannot be comprehended by the beholder except through the moral sentiment. The eye is only a witness; it is not a judge. The mind judges what the eye reports to it; therefore, whatever elevates the moral sentiment to the contemplation of beauty and grandeur is in itself ethical.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonPeople praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonIf aught be worse than failure from overstress of a life's prime purpose, it is to sit down content with a little success.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton