An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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...

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....

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

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

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.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

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

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

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

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...

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

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

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

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.