The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature of the day

Quote by Samuel Butler

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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...