Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Evil Quotes

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

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...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

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 Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing...

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing...

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

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

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...

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

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...

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

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.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...