Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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The history of art is the history of revivals

The history of art is the history of revivals

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...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

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...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

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...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

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...

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.

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than...

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than...