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

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Life Quotes, Witty Quotes

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives...

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives...

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are -...

Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are -...

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...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

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...

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.