For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

All truth is not to be told at all times.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

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...

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

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.

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

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...

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.