Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

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...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

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

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

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

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

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

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.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.