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

Quote by Samuel Butler

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I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

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...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

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...

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

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...

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

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

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

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.

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

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

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

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

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...