Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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.

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

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.

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

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...

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.

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

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...

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...

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a...

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

The history of art is the history of revivals

The history of art is the history of revivals

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.

Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.