All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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...

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

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...

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

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...

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...

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

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.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

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....

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

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

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

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

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

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