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

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Life Quotes, Witty Quotes

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

For every why he had a wherefore

For every why he had a wherefore

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

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 all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor...

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor...

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

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...

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...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

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...