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

Quote by Samuel Butler

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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

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...

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.

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

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

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

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be,...

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be,...

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...

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

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

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...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

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

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

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one...

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one...