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

Quote by Samuel Butler

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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

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.

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...

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism...

The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism...

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

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

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

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....

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...

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...

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

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.

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.