Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...

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...

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...

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

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...

I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

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.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

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...

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

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.

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.