Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

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

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

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be,...

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be,...

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.

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...

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...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

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.

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...

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...

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...

God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

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

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

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to...

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to...

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the...

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the...