Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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...

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

There is no bore like a clever bore.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

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...

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

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...

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.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than...

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than...

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.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and seeing it...

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and seeing it...

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

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...

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.

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

I invented the cordless extension cord.

I invented the cordless extension cord.

I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about...

I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about...