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

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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...

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...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

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

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

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

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,...

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

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

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

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

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

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

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...

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.