A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

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...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

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...

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...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that...

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that...

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

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

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.