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

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Life Quotes, Witty Quotes

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

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...

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...

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

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

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

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...

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

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...

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

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...