Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

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

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

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...

One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

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,...

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

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

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

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...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

For every why he had a wherefore

For every why he had a wherefore

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...