A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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...

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...

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

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

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

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

Desperate courage makes One a majority.

Desperate courage makes One a majority.

They can't hurt you unless you let them.

They can't hurt you unless you let them.

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

The only shame is to have none

The only shame is to have none