God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

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...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

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...

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

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

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

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be,...

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be,...

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...