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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One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

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...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

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...

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the...

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the...

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new...

An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new...

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

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.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character...

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character...

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide...

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide...