Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is always a portrait of himself, and the more he tries to conceal himself the more clearly will his character appear in spite of him.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

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...

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

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...

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...

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.