Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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,...

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

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...

The man who takes time to explain his mistakes has little time left for anything...

The man who takes time to explain his mistakes has little time left for anything...

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

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...

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

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

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

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

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

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...

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.