Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

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...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

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...

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

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 a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new...

An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new...

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...

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Mistakes make me human. Failure makes me stronger. Love keeps me alive. But its YOU...

Mistakes make me human. Failure makes me stronger. Love keeps me alive. But its YOU...