Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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...

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

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

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

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...

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

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...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...