God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historians

Quote by Samuel Butler

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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more...

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more...

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...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

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...

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

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.