A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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

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

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

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...

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.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

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...

The history of art is the history of revivals

The history of art is the history of revivals

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

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...

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...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

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...

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...

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.