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Quote by Samuel Butler

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The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

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.

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

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

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

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

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...

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more...

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more...

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.